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Cappiello, Mary Ann; Dawes, Erika Thulin – Stenhouse Publishers, 2021
In "Text Sets in Action: Pathways through Content Area Literacy," Mary Ann Cappiello and Erika Thulin Dawes reveal how text sets can prompt serious thinking far more effectively than a textbook or any single text. As the authors explain, exploring many texts leads teachers and learners to 'think more deeply, empathize more fully, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Louisiana Department of Education, 2013
Over the course of the past decade, the state of Louisiana has developed several documents to articulate expectations for children's learning and development and provide guidance for early childhood educators. The experiences and skills that children develop during the early years are critically important to their success later in school. What…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Child Development, Infants
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Dillon, J. T. – Educational Theory, 1986
When a student asks a question, he invites learning and teaching. This article analyzes student questions and then uses that analysis to propose a pedagogical plan for responding to questions. (MT)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Inquiry, Instructional Design, Learning Strategies
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Green, William J.; Elliott, Curtis; Cummins, R. Hays – Journal of Chemical Education, 2004
The importance of introducing various projects or activities as a motivation towards inquiry-based learning, also satisfies the need for first year chemistry students to transfer scientific theory into practice. This approach, combined with the traditionally written laboratory methods, develops creative skills, and the spirit of exploration…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Chemistry, Science Education, Teaching Methods
Newton, Fred E. – 1970
This is the leader's guide and training materials for conducting workshops on an instructional system which utilizes the process of inquiry. The guide is designed for leaders of these workshops and lists the leader's activities. It is organized according to the 18 major workshop experiences, referred to as subset. Each subset guide is organized…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Instructional Materials, Leaders Guides, Learning
Lowery, Lawrence F. – 1974
This self-instructive workbook focuses upon teacher-initiated questioning strategies and the relationship of the strategies to students' thinking. It utilizes written materials, audiotapes, videotapes, and students in the classroom. The goals of the workbook are to enable the teacher to (1) identify and classify types of questions in terms of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Classroom Techniques, Individualized Instruction, Inquiry
Blosser, Patricia E. – 1975
This booklet provides methods that teachers can use to analyze questioning techniques and suggests ways that teachers can develop variety in the type of questions they ask. Both Bloom's "Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Handbook I: Cognitive Domain," and the Question Category System for Science are discussed as systems for classifying…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Inquiry, Instruction
Murphy, Patricia D.; And Others – 1974
The Inquiry Process curriculum module is part of a consumer education series (grades 9-14, adults; including elderly) that emphasizes a process approach with a spiral organization. The process approach helps the student in a changing consumer world to function rationally and in a manner consistent with personal values, while the spiral…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives, Consumer Education, Course Content
Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale. – 1977
Based on the philosophy that students retain most when they are actively involved in learning experiences, this handbook is designed as an idea source for teachers of consumer homemaking or consumer education classes. The suggestions and ideas are presented in six sections, one for each of six instructional approaches: (1) field trips, (2)…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Debate, Demonstrations (Educational), Discovery Processes
Carswell, Ronald J. B.; Cason, Robert M. – 1970
In this teacher education kit, participants use a wide range of media and materials including slides, serial photos, census data, and video tape to work through exercises from the High School Geography Project. These exercises provide a basis for analysis of the discrepant data teaching procedures in which various media are used to lead students…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Geography, Geography Instruction, Human Geography
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Venable, Bradford B. – Art Education, 1998
Examines three assumptions evident in the practice of art criticism models: (1) the connection of first impressions with the viewer's past experience; (2) the connection between sequential procedures and learning; and (3) the use of judgment as a necessary step in understanding. Describes a new criticism model that stresses understanding and…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Criticism, Art Education, Audience Response
Institute for Services to Education, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1971
This guide provides teaching techniques for an undergraduate philosophy course. Students examine specific philosophic issues related to the black person's experience. They are required to apply critical and analytical procedures leading to philosophical investigations of topics of both philosophical and nonphilosophical origins. The teaching…
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Power, Black Studies, Course Descriptions
Cody, Donald K. – 1974
This teaching guide presents a description of the inquiry method as applied to the study of India. Some specific techniques are presented that might be employed to use India-related materials for secondary level Asian studies. The inquiry learning method is emphasized, in contrast to most materials on the study of India which offer a traditional,…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Educational Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Inquiry
Hawkins, Thom – 1976
The small size of college composition classes encourages exciting and meaningful interaction, especially when students are divided into smaller, autonomous groups for all or part of the hour. This booklet discusses the advantages of combining the inquiry method (sometimes called the discovery method) with a group approach and describes specific…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Lipman, Matthew; Sharp, Ann Margaret – 1975
This booklet introduces elementary school teachers to the methodology, climate, aims, and objectives necessary for the teaching of philosophical thinking to grade schoolers. The methodology casts the teacher as a facilitator whose primary task is stimulating children to reason about their own problems. The discussion process with hints and guides…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Environment, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
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