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Peer reviewedChapin, June R.; Gross, Richard E. – Social Studies, 1972
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Concept Formation, Definitions, Discovery Processes
Peer reviewedBrostoff, Anita – Social Education, 1979
Describes principles which achieve good writing assignments in the social studies: (1) define the content and skills teachers want students to learn, (2) devise assignments in which level of difficulty of task fits the level of the goal, (3) let students speculate on the topic, and (4) present the topic so that students know how and what to do.…
Descriptors: Assignments, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Hagen, Owen A.; Stansberry, Steve T. – Soc Educ, 1969
From the Series "Social Studies Education: The Elementary School -- Focus on Inquiry.
Descriptors: Discovery Processes, Elementary Education, Inquiry, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedGarrett, Larry N.; Heyl, R. James – Social Studies, 1976
A model for teaching social studies by the discovery approach is presented. The authors maintain that the temporal inquiry teaching model holds considerable promise for encouraging student enthusiasm, emphasizing higher cognitive levels, and stimulating divergent student thinking and activity. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Discovery Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedVentre, Raymond – Social Education, 1979
Presents guidelines for social studies teachers and a sample writing assignment to encourage student's developmental writing. Suggests that students emphasize the significance of the writer's ideas and information rather than the information itself. Establishes the relationship between thinking processes and writing and the need to break these…
Descriptors: Assignments, Cognitive Processes, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
Peer reviewedBarnes, Donald L. – Teacher Educator, 1975
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Discovery Learning
Download full textWalker, Ed – 1973
Elementary teachers and principals enrolled in an elementary education graduate course developed this guide which interprets and applies the concept of inquiry teaching and learning. The purpose of the guide is to bridge the gap between the theory of the inquiry process and its use in the classroom. It is written for use by elementary educators as…
Descriptors: Discovery Processes, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Inquiry
Northup, Terry – 1974
The writings of 33 authors in either curriculum theory or social studies are analyzed to determine whether each author supports structure-discovery views, reflective-inquiry views, or expresses views that tend to reflect both positions or neither position regarding the new approaches to teaching social studies. The structure-discovery method is…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1975
Curriculum guidelines are given for social studies instruction in primary grades in New South Wales. No compulsory topics are suggested, but the rationale, objectives, and areas of inquiry provide a framework within which teachers can work. Based on the assumption that social studies should contribute to the development of individuals who can…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Education, Curriculum
