Inquiry is defined here as the scientist's method of problem solving. Presents a bent wire phenomenon activity designed to engage students in the active process of solving a problem in science. A model is proposed to explain the phenomenon. (MA)

Compared the writing of students exposed to a problem solving approach to writing models with that of students exposed to a traditional method (strategy explanation, model illustration). (DD)

In the late 1930s and 1940s Paul R. Hanna advocated, for the elementary and junior high school student, a multidisciplinary, wholistic, and coordinated study of people in communities. This paper presents a defense of this approach to social studies, and shows how it can be adapted to include new teaching techniques. (Author/RM)

Develops a simple model of network growth of the American railroad in the midwest during the period 1865-1915. Because it simplifies the explanation of a complex phenomenon that greatly affected the American landscape, the model can be used in a study of historical geography of the United States. (Author/AV)

Competence with preservice and inservice educational programs. (DAG)

In Australian higher education published guidelines for setting up tertiary teaching units have failed to suggest appropriate models for teaching units or to propose adequate criteria for evaluating existing units. This article examines the functions of tertiary teaching units and six models for tertiary teaching units are identified together with…

For teachers to be less purely academic, they need to design courses of study that offer more varied opportunities than the standard lecture or discussion for the exercise of varied skills. Schematic plans for developing such courses are presented. (LBH)

A review of the literature and research on language facilitation with residential retarded populations considers interactive models for facilitating language, the use of communication facilitators, and the content of such training. Two studies demonstrating the beneficial effects of daily caregiver interaction on communication skills are stressed.…

Presents an overall framework for the evaluation of second-language teaching materials that interrelates the various criteria and makes a comprehensive and at the same time systematic evaluation possible. Both an analytical and procedural model are presented. (CB)

The training models of two schools of family therapy in Italy are compared on the basis of the logical level of intervention practiced at each school. The relational context in each program, the therapeutic style taught, and selected characteristics of each clinical method are examined. (Author)

The article elucidates 14 principles drawn from the structuralist, constructivist, and holist literature and applies them to the teaching of learning disabled students. (Author/DB)

In response to two papers decrying reductionism and advocating holistic constructivism in models of learning disabilities, the article applauds trends toward a shifting paradigm in the field but warns against advocating any single approach as the only valid path to effective learning. (DB)

Proposes a media economics model to structure mass communications survey courses. Presents five assumptions valuable in creating an economic framework, and discusses how these concepts from microeconomics can apply to mass communications. (MM)

The use of demonstration plus permanent model (DPM) as a teaching strategy was evaluated with 19 learning disabled students (ages 9-14) in the area of computational skills. Results indicated that DPM effectively helped students acquire computational skills across instructional sequences for addition, subtraction, and multiplication. (Author/DB)

Presents a model for teaching vocational ethics and helping students develop an enabling work ethic. The model concentrates on teaching two main types of skills: ethical reasoning skills and mediation skills. The format of instruction includes presenting and discussing ethical problems. (CH)