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Peer reviewedStreitberger, H. Eric – Science Teacher, 1997
Describes how students use paper-strip molecules in hands-on activities to show the synthesis of larger organic molecules from smaller molecules. Focuses initially on condensation molecules involving the functional groups in alcohol and carboxylic acids. (DDR)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Educational Strategies, Hands on Science
Peer reviewedDalton, Bridget; Morocco, Catherine Cobb; Tivnan, Terrence; Mead, Penelope L. Rawson – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
This study compared effects of two approaches to hands-on science, supported inquiry science (SIS) and activity-based science, in six urban and two suburban fourth-grade general education classrooms involving 172 students, 33 of whom had learning disabilities (LD). The study found that students with and without LD demonstrated greater concept…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discovery Learning, Educational Methods, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMurphy, Patricia – Primary Science Review, 1997
If children are required to make their own sense, then attempting to impart knowledge will fail altogether or result in only superficial short-term learning. Curriculum structure, load in science, and assessment must change for a constructivist approach to flourish in the classroom. Teachers must serve as a guide to students exploring science as a…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Constructivism (Learning)
Peer reviewedHolmes, Frank L. – Science and Children, 1998
Describes a workshop to provide parents, their elementary school children, and elementary teachers with a common science learning environment. It included 45 activities/demonstrations with directions and learning notes. The primary goal was to promote inquiry through involvement and interaction with each other, discovery, discussion, and thinking…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Hands on Science
Preddy, Leslie B. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2002
Discusses a hands-on, teacher-library media specialist collaborative model for implementing the inquiry approach to the research process into the classroom and school library media center. Highlights include student research journals, including timelines; brainstorming; questioning; skimming for information; and sample questioning worksheets. (LRW)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Learning Resources Centers
Preddy, Leslie B. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2003
Explains a hands-on, classroom teacher/library media specialist collaborative model for implementing the inquiry approach to the research process into the classroom and school library media center. Topics include the investigation phase; source notes; primary sources; interviews; community resources; storyboards; and peer conferences. (LRW)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Interviews
Peer reviewedEmmons, Mark; Martin, Wanda – College & Research Libraries, 2002
Compared research papers before and after implementation of an inquiry-based library instruction program at the University of New Mexico to asses the program's effectiveness and consider its future development. Discusses increased collaboration between the library and the English department and suggests more training for instructors and greater…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College English, Comparative Analysis, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedPaul, Karin; Kuhlthau, Carol C.; Branch, Jennifer L.; Solowan, Diane Galloway; Case, Roland; Abilock, Debbie; Eisenberg, Michael B.; Koechlin, Carol; Zwaan, Sandi; Hughes, Sandra; Low, Ann; Litch, Margaret; Lowry, Cindy; Irvine, Linda; Stimson, Margaret; Schlarb, Irene; Wilson, Janet; Warriner, Emily; Parsons, Les; Luongo-Orlando, Katherine; Hamilton, Donald – School Libraries in Canada, 2003
Includes 19 articles that address issues related to library skills and Canadian school libraries. Topics include information literacy; inquiry learning; critical thinking and electronic research; collaborative inquiry; information skills and the Big 6 approach to problem solving; student use of online databases; library skills; Internet accuracy;…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWalton, Susan A.; Lynch, Maurice P. – Science Scope, 1997
Describes a problem-based unit in which students are charged with the responsibility of discovering what killed the menhaden fish in a local river. Involves the teacher coaching students through the problem and directing them toward resources and lines of inquiry. Enables students to gain an understanding of their local environment and the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Inquiry, Investigations, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedHutchison, David – NAMTA Journal, 2003
Examines educational resistance to nature study, focusing on the subtle resistance evident in the vicarious approach that limits nature study to books and videos, while ignoring the sensory richness and kinship developed through direct connection with the natural world. Suggests that environmental science, citizen education, inquiry learning,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
Peer reviewedHagaman, Sally – Studies in Art Education, 1990
Traces major directions of feminist inquiry in the disciplines of art history, art criticism, and aesthetics. Explores how first- and second-generation feminist scholars have challenged the canon of each discipline and the understanding of art traditionally produced. Draws implications for art education in curriculum development and teacher…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Criticism, Art Education, Art History
Peer reviewedWindrim, R. J. – History and Social Science Teacher, 1990
Examines how the strategies of cooperative learning complement inquiry into major global issues. Points out that most of the basic skills identified by Steven Lamy for a global education program are inquiry skills and that cooperative inquiry best serves these objectives. Maintains that cooperative learning empowers students and creates a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedLitchfield, Brenda C.; Mattson, Susan A. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1989
This paper focuses on the philosophy and development of an inquiry-based, level three interactive videodisc project for promoting critical thinking. The contents of the project include life, earth/space, and physical science with three discs in each area. Two flowcharts show the choices open to students in the videodiscs. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Inquiry, Interactive Video
Peer reviewedHancock, Joelie – Journal of Reading, 1989
Discusses a variety of ways that teachers at all levels are using databases in their classrooms, how students respond to working with databases, the relationship of databases to inquiry learning, and how databases can be integrated into the curriculum. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Reading
Peer reviewedLawson, Anton E.; And Others – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1990
Described is an introductory, nonscience majors biology course. Discussed are the goals and objectives of the course; the use of the learning cycle philosophy of teaching and learning; the use of classic experiments, textbooks, examinations; and the training of graduate teaching associates. (CW)
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Course Descriptions, Educational Improvement
