In this article, the author asks whether objective-led lessons are leading teachers down the wrong path. The key stage 3 framework issued by the Department for Children, Schools and Families strongly recommends a three-part lesson, because it provides: (1) "a beginning", in which "you explain to pupils and prepare them for what they are to learn";…

This article presents an instructional approach to constructing discovery-oriented activities. The cornerstone of the approach is a systematically asked question "If a mathematical statement under consideration is plausible, but wrong anyway, how can one fix it?" or, in brief, "If not, what yes?" The approach is illustrated with examples from…

Research shows that mathematically gifted students learn differently from their same age group peers. They require curriculum to be differentiated to meet their specific learning styles (Johnson, 2000). Studies have shown that formal instruction in elementary school classrooms often lacks challenge for the gifted learner since courses in regular…

An analysis of many definitions of discovery and a discourse on a new synthesis of these definitions. (HB)

This book is devoted to describing, not explaining or theorizing about effective learning. One chapter relates numerous incidents involving very young children, to illustrate various learning styles and ways in which experimentation contributes to learning. Other chapters discuss children's talk, reading, sports, and art and math. The final…

This report describes the concept of open education, analyzes the content of the literature, and describes the development and final revision of a list of the characteristics of open education. The first half of the report describes the selection of literature to be examined for insight into open education, presents a framework in which to analyze…

Explicit guidelines are presented which tell what to do and what not to do in an open classroom; the guidelines were derived from actual open classrooms across the country. Also included are lists of over 200 suggested activities for outdoors and in class which can be used in either an open classroom or a more traditional setting. (JY)

With the exploration approach, children learn by doing--not by rote. (Editor)

Inductive teaching methods are a form of discovery for generalities but are uneconomical and hard to warrant for the conveyance of facts. (MM)

The importance of teaching mathematics as a body of strategies and methods of inquiry is stressed; examples of situations which emphasize skills in classification, generalization, using symbols, and proof are given. (DT)

Educational innovation in the direction of discovery learning advances the process of self-actualization. It emphasizes the Hebraic-Greco view of man as a being with limitless potential. (CK)

A detailed plan that shows how to organize and run a one-day sales training workshop with maximum effectiveness. (Editor)