THE EFFECTIVE USE OF QUESTIONING IN THE TEACHING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE IS DISCUSSED IN THIS BULLETIN. SAMPLE QUESTIONS ARE USED TO ILLUSTRATE (1) WAYS IN WHICH KEY WORDS AFFECT PUPIL INVESTIGATIONS AND (2) PATTERNS OF QUESTIONING THAT RESULT IN STUDENT DECISION-MAKING AND PUPIL-DIRECTED PROCEDURES. A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE COGNITIVE AND…

The author presents a practical, workable framework for teaching dance in the classroom. This book, essentially designed for the nonspecialist teacher, is a compilation of ideas and materials that have evolved over twenty years of teaching music and movement to children in nursery and elementary schools and of introducing concepts of dance to…

In order to understand the spelling process and to use effective teaching methods, teachers should become familiar with valid research findings in the field of spelling--one of the most thoroughly researched areas of the school curriculum. This book explores (with references to research) five points which teachers should consider in developing an…

Several specific areas of concern over the use of computers in education are addressed, including selection of programs; utilization; technology; expense; effects on the child, teaching, and society; and computer abuse. (MP)

Describes the U procedure, a seven-step model that facilitates management problem solving. Explains how this model was taught to farmers, with small groups assigned to solve class members' actual farm management problems. (CH)

The article details an instructional procedure (based on the effective instruction research) to enable learning disabled adolescents to master three types of algebraic word problems: relational problems, proportion problems, and problems with two variables and two equations. (Author/DB)

Research regarding the characteristics and applications of "errorless" learning methods (stimulus shaping, stimulus fading, and superimposition) indicates that such methods provide a means of designing instruction and materials to facilitate the acquisition of skills, with minimal or no errors, by "difficult to teach" students.…

Teachers can help students become better problem solvers when they introduce several problem solving strategies. Activities for classroom use are offered. (DF)

Describes how the author became involved in teaching about genocide and the ways in which his approach to the subject has changed. Demonstrates how student involvement in research and discussion can stimulate interest on the topic. (GEA)

Discusses (in 10 sections) some problem-solving techniques that are typically encountered in a first course in discrete mathematics. Sections (which include exercises) are titled: draw a figure; search for a pattern; mathematical induction; one-to-one correspondence; recurrence relations; generating functions; calculus; finite differences; and…

Discusses the difficulties encountered by public affairs reporting students in Kenya when trying to obtain information from public officials. Describes the alternative investigative methods devised in individual tutorial sessions with the students and instructor and the results. (HTH)

The open-approach teaching method, a problem-solving method, is described, with examples of situations and problems that are suitable for this approach. The teaching-learning process and educational implications are discussed. (MNS)