The effects of two types of advance organizer small group instruction, expository (EO) and guided self-discovery (GSDO) were assessed in teaching the concrete operational skills of either hierarchical classification or relations to preschool children. A control group was taught using the same materials, in a manner determined by the children's…

This guide for a workshop offered in Queensland, Australia on resource-based teaching and learning strategies for flexible delivery of curriculum lists workshop objectives and program topics and provides background on the presenters. The following program topics are then discussed in more detail: (1) definitions, requirements, and advantages of…

This curriculum program is intended to promote the development of primary grade children's ability to think. A number of learning activities or tasks are presented along with the teaching strategy to be used in implementing them. The first part of the book describes aspects of the teaching strategy, including selecting activities, preparing for…