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Edwards, Ronald – 1995
This resource book contains 18 magic number tricks that spark the interest and imagination of students as they are led through a variety of mathematical computations and discoveries. Following each activity, students are asked to write about their discoveries and create their own magic tricks. A matrix of skills for all the activities and lists of…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
Pappas, Marjorie L. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2000
Defines inquiry, a student-centered discovery process, and introduces Pathways to Knowledge(TM), an information process model that provides stages and strategies for anyone interested in gathering, using, and evaluating information. Describes the six stages of Pathways: Appreciation, Presearch; Search; Interpretation; Communication; and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
Download full textCraig, Dorothy Valcarcel – 1998
This study examined technological literacy patterns and the process of inquiry in a student-centered summer program designed around inquiry and Internet utilization. Five case studies consisted of various configurations of fifth grade students from a variety of educational backgrounds. A qualitative approach to research was implemented using…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Jennings, James M. – 1994
This research paper seeks to address new theories of learning and instructional practices that will be needed to meet the demands of 21st century education. A brief review of the literature on the topics of constructivism, reflective inquiry, and multicultural education, which form the major elements of a computer-based system called HyperCAP, are…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning)
Peer reviewedCutter, Jane; Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan; Magnusson, Shirley J. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2002
This article reports on an interactional ethnographic study of three professional-development conversations on the participation of students with special needs in guided inquiry science instruction. It focuses on how teachers' thinking about the use of small-group work changed over the course of the conversations and led to modifications in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Discourse Analysis, Discovery Learning
Direct linkPieters, Jules M. – European Educational Research Journal, 2004
The availability of user-friendly tools for designing learning environments resulted in an innovative shift of design focus. This shift has been noticed from a user-centred, although passive and reactive, design approach to a participatory, at responsibility and self-directedness directed, design approach. This latter innovative and promising…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Teaching Methods, Student Developed Materials, Teacher Role
