High School teachers from Idaho and Utah describe several experience-oriented teaching strategies that exemplify what teachers can produce when given support to undertake sustained curriculum development. (Author/JH)

Three locally developed elementary and junior high social studies units are described. (DE)

This booklet contains a speech on the value of discovery learning in building a sound knowledge base. The author contends that systematic concepts (such as spatial relations) should be fully explored by experimentation and discussion in the classroom. The cognitive processes involved in solving problems are examined and examples are given of…

This collection of student activities for grades four through twelve presents action-oriented experiences with hardy aquatic organisms as the foundation for a laboratory-oriented science program. The format is characterized by pre-lab, post-lab, and student sections. Pre-lab topics include level, concepts, facts, suggested prerequisite skills,…

The learning module described is designed for preservice and inservice classroom teachers interested in improving their questioning skills. It may be used by teachers at all grade levels. The scope and content of the module are outlined, and the activities and resources involved in its use are described. A critique of the module and ordering…

Inquiry is a disciplined process by which individuals move from knowledge of concrete data to the formulation of abstract concepts. Television can serve the needs of inquiry, especially visual (as opposed to verbal) inquiry, if it can be made flexible enough to bring data into the classroom at the instant needed for making decisions or asking…

Following a discussion of the value of intuitive thought processes, this paper calls for elementary and secondary teachers to encourage intuitive thinking in addition to analytic thinking. It points out that the demand for precise, analytic answers to teacher-posed questions fosters student dependency; cites statements by Jerome Bruner about the…

This is the leader's guide and training materials for conducting workshops on an instructional system which utilizes the process of inquiry. The guide is designed for leaders of these workshops and lists the leader's activities. It is organized according to the 18 major workshop experiences, referred to as subset. Each subset guide is organized…

This study was undertaken to further the development of procedures and programs to improve student inquiry behaviors as a means of improving student reading and learning skills. Half of the 37 seventh grade students were randomly assigned to the experimental class in which the inquiry procedures were developed and used for instruction by the…

This is the second edition of the handbook written for teachers using the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) materials. Section one describes the historical background, aims and emphases of the BSCS materials and includes behavioral objectives for teaching inquiry processes. Section two includes 44 "Invitations to Enquiry."…

Presented in introductory sections of this document is a discussion of the implications of recent advances in knowledge and technology and of the population explosion: future society will have an increased emphasis on continuous learning as man's labor is replaced by machines and as the need for peaceful interaction grows. A teacher-scholar for…

This report contains 20 summary-descriptions of curriculum programs and materials selected by the Institute for possible inclusion in its synthesis and validation of a K-6 process-promoting curriculum. Each description includes information on the developer and publisher plus a list of references (mostly published descriptions and critiques).…

An experimental treatment consisting of inquiry laboratory experiences was administered to a group of 41 students enrolled in an introductory college chemistry course. Using a control group of 36 for comparison, students were evaluated to determine attitudinal changes, critical thinking skills, content mastery, laboratory performance skills, and…

The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of secondary science teachers toward inquiry teaching strategy and to identify characteristics common to teachers expressing favorable attitudes toward this concept. Two instruments were developed to conduct this study. The Inquiry Science Teaching Strategy (ISTS), a Likert-type summated…