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| Alberta English '70 | 1 |
| Journal of Curriculum Studies | 1 |
| National Elementary Principal | 1 |
| Social Studies | 1 |
| Todays Educ | 1 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Peer reviewedLaForse, Martin – Social Studies, 1970
Discusses the pitfalls of wholesale adoption of fashionable educational methods in general, and inquiry in particular. (JB)
Descriptors: Discovery Processes, Induction, Inquiry, Instructional Innovation
Peer reviewedSand, Ole – National Elementary Principal, 1971
True learning takes place from inquiry into all phenomena, not just from those explained by the standard instructional materials. (RA)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Processes, Educational Philosophy, Humanism
Cogswell, Coralie – Todays Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Course Content, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedHarris, David; Taylor, Michael – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1983
Teachers are encouraged to examine more critically the assumptions on which science curricula are based so they will be less likely to accept naive approaches to discovery learning. Examples from the Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) and Nuffield Physics are used to show how they use discovery learning. (IS)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Educational Needs, Induction
Download full textDauterman, Philip – Alberta English '70, 1970
The crucial variable in good classroom teaching is the verbal behavior of the teacher. Through his questioning techniques--what questions he asks, how and when he asks them, how he replies to students, and how he stimulates students to reply to each other--the teacher can evoke a high level of class discussion and force students to go beyond the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Decision Making Skills
