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Busching, Beverly A.; Slesinger, Betty Ann – Language Arts, 1995
Describes how teachers can rethink traditional questioning to make it a more authentic and powerful impetus to learning for students. Shows how authentic questions stimulated a six-week study of the Holocaust undertaken by a seventh-grade teacher and her students. (SR)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
St. John, Michael J. – 1999
This paper describes W.A.S.H. (We All Speak Here), an experiential learning strategy that provides learners (individuals or groups) with a means for exploring, discussing, and discovering their thoughts and feelings on any idea, issue, or concept. This strategy is part of a larger model in which students develop a deeper understanding of learning…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Cognitive Style, Discovery Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Higginson, William – Mathematics Teaching, 1980
The author describes a dialogue with his three-year-old daughter about numbers. He discusses aspects of mathematics education and how his views about how students acquire mathematical knowledge have changed. (MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, Individualized Instruction

Mathematics Teacher, 1991
Presented are three methods to enrich the mathematics classroom. The first introduces an activity allowing students to discover the law of sines. The second gives eight distance-rate-time problems of value for their counterintuitive or elegant solutions. The third poses multiple answer questions that promote student interaction and communication.…
Descriptors: Algebra, Classroom Techniques, Discovery Learning, Learning Activities

Zachry, William H. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
Inquiry teaching requires students to engage in hypothesis formation, collection and evaluation of evidence, and the drawing of logical conclusions. Prerequisite skills for inquiry learning are discussed, and examples of inquiry learning in a college level general psychology course are presented. (RM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Discovery Learning, Higher Education

Sullivan, Peter; Clarke, David – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Presents three features of "Good" questions: requires students to do more than simply remember a strategy to answer; promotes student learning while answering the question; and have several acceptable answers. Considers how questions can be used to cater to the range of student abilities. (MDH)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Developmental Tasks, Discovery Learning
Petry, Anne K. – 1980
When teachers present students with real topics in science and social studies instead of artificial, abstract writing exercises, the students will both develop and extend their interests and learn to think and communicate clearly about them. Choosing such a topic provides an opportunity to discuss student interests. Next, list building and small…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers