Examines the interrelationships among meditation, inner speech (stream of consciousness), and writing. Considers the possibilities and implications of using the techniques of meditation in educational settings, especially in the writing classroom. (RL)

Reviews the literature on the role of questions in education, in philosophical analysis, and in practical and therapeutic settings. The discussion deals with the effects of questions on respondents, questioning strategies, and the impact of questions on the respondents' cognitive and expressive processes. (AM)

Describes how mental experiments can be used to turn expository writing into games and even self-exploration in an advanced language course. Through a class project on sex change, for example, learners acquire more knowledge about themselves as well as heightened language skills. (LET)

The structure of inquiry in art is a set of behavioral stages, comparable with creative process stages, in which persons think in and about the visual mode of perception. The stages include behaviors identified by Dewey as factors or phases of reflective thought and as stages in the pattern of inquiry. The stages also show relatedness to problem…