This paper introduces an artistic model of planning and problem solving. The model is based on a case study of processes engaged in by a college art student during the course of producing a senior thesis in batik (a wax-resist fabric dyeing process). Based on the premise that knowledge of the creative process is essential to understanding the…

A program for prospective elementary and secondary teachers emphasizing inquiry and problem solving techniques for use in the classroom is described. In the conceptual framework of this program, a situation is defined as a set of circumstances that teachers commonly encounter, and an issue is a theoretical, ethical, or methodological question. A…

Different concepts of the terms problem, problem solving, and social problem have created philosophical confusion in the social studies movement. The three approaches in social studies history--social science, citizenship transmission, and reflective inquiry--exemplify the incompatibility of the terms. A brief examination of the history of social…

Presented is background information related to the third round of science assessment activities (1976-77) conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Chapter one contains a description of the overall assessment plan, the general framework of objectives, criteria for selecting objectives, and procedures used for developing…

Presented are the 21 papers which constitute the proceedings of the ninth annual conference of the Australian Science Education Research Association at a meeting in May, 1978. Papers range from philosophical analysis of the language of science teaching to experimental research into the effects of different laboratory skill development strategies,…

RATHER THAN TEACHING PRESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR OR LINGUISTICS, NEITHER OF WHICH IS LIKELY TO INCREASE THE ABILITY TO WRITE, SPEAK, OR LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, THE ENGLISH TEACHER SHOULD GUIDE THE STUDENTS INTO AN INQUIRY ABOUT THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE. SUCH AN INQUIRY WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LANGUAGE USAGE IS DETERMINED BY THE SOCIAL SITUATION AND THAT…

This publication is designed to inform practicing science teachers of recent, relevant research results in the field of science education. Articles are written to identify ideas of practical application in the science classroom, to inform science teachers of the kinds of research which need to be done to supply answers to current concerns, and to…

This study was undertaken primarily to identify various approaches used by physics teachers with special note made in terms of the inquiry approach in teaching. It was carried out in fifteen micro-teaching exercises, each involving one teacher and five high school students randomly chosen from the teacher's physics class. All verbal utterances…

The problem investigated in this study was to determine if any relationship existed between the methods of instruction used in an astronomy institute for secondary school teachers for the instruction of a certain set of concepts and the instructional preferences of the teachers concerning those concepts. Inquiry and verification methods of…

This study determined the effects of the opportunity to acquire a questioning strategy related to content-oriented values clarification inquiry and investigated whether teachers given the same objective of incorporating values clarification into their on-going content-related lessons could do so without receiving training in an appropriate…

After participating in an inservice workshop designed to improve question-asking skills, nine teachers conducted discussion lessons based on science history stories selected from a fourth-grade reading series. Pupils within each class were randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group participated in discussion lessons that involved the…

The main purpose of this study is to determine achievement changes that occur in fifth grade students using the social studies curriculum program, "Man: A Course of Study (MACOS)". The experimental group consists of 103 students using the MACOS materials, and the control group of 103 students using a traditional social studies course.…

Much of the responsibility for poor teaching of history at the secondary level lies with those who teach college history rather than those who teach teachers. One approach to new methods of history instruction is the development and use of inquiry models. Crucial to this approach is the involvement of students and teacher in model building--an…

Project Africa's report summarizes: 1) its background and rationale, structure, and staff, 2) curriculum materials design, development, field trial and evaluation, 3) other project dissemination activities. Three different groups of materials were developed by the project. The most comprehensive was a flexible, sixteen-week program of study,…