Investigated was the readiness of fifth, seventh, and eighth graders trained to empirically gather data by manipulating objects and materials with their hands, and to transfer this skill to a problem situation outside the classroom. After one semester's training in the science process under investigation, the increase in the use of the strategy of…

Based on the philosophy that students retain most when they are actively involved in learning experiences, this handbook is designed as an idea source for teachers of consumer homemaking or consumer education classes. The suggestions and ideas are presented in six sections, one for each of six instructional approaches: (1) field trips, (2)…

The purpose of this study was to construct a device to measure the cognitive outcomes of inquiry social studies among fourth through sixth grade students. Seventy-five items judged to reflect the cognitive levels of comprehension, application, analysis, and evaluation formed an experimental test given to 694 students. The students were enrolled in…

This unit, one in a set of elementary teacher-developed geography materials, is based on "Geographic Sample Study" and "Teacher's Manual for Geographic Sample Study" from the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education, Austin, Texas. Intended for intermediate-level students, the inquiry-oriented case study unit on economic growth…

This book provides history teachers with an understanding of the nature of historical inquiry and suggests approaches to the teaching of history. The discipline is described as an art and a science, narrative and analytical, sometimes bordering on myth. Consideration of historical evidence, ranging from concrete facts to oral sources, is seen to…

In this teacher education kit, participants use a wide range of media and materials including slides, serial photos, census data, and video tape to work through exercises from the High School Geography Project. These exercises provide a basis for analysis of the discrepant data teaching procedures in which various media are used to lead students…

Presented are four modules (from Appendix A), developed for a study at Central Michigan University, focusing on competency-based materials in science methods education for elementary school teachers. The Teaching Tactics Module is an attempt to combine process teaching skills and inquiry. Four teaching tactics are emphasized: initiating, focusing,…

This behavioral science-based framework for a social studies curriculum stresses an interdisciplinary inquiry approach to the scientific study of human behavior. It is based on a model developed by the Michigan Social Science Education Project and published by Science Research Associates. The concepts of social psychology are used to integrate the…

This book contains the pictorial materials to be used by the students during the economics learning activities described in SO 000 572 and SO 000 574. (SBE)

An experimental version of the one semester high school sociology course, "Inquiry in Sociology," was taught by 222 teachers throughout the United States in the spring of 1969. The purpose of this field test was to learn something about its relative success in rural, small-town, suburban, and central city schools, and with students of…

The goals of population education are to help children understand, and act in accordance with, the impact of population characteristics on an international, national, and individual plane. It has been only within the last ten years that countries have paid systematic attention to the development of educational programs. The specific form of these…

Reported is a study to investigate certain relationships between a student's participation in traditional or "new science" and subsequent participation, performance, and perception of the study of science during junior college. The differences sought were only in terms of the objectives of the study and encompassed such variables as subsequent…

This study was concerned with junior high school students' understanding of the scientific enterprise, the methods and aims of science, and of scientists. A comparison was made between the use of the Earth Science Curriculum Project (ESCP) and the traditional general science course approach. The ESCP sample was taught by teachers trained in the…

Designed for secondary teachers to use in conjunction with a textbook, the teaching guide assists the teacher in incorporating economic facts, concepts, and principles in a United States history course. The primary purpose is to identify historical events which can be enriched by consideration of relevant economic topics in an interdisciplinary…

The experimental 1973-74 edition of Unit IV consists of 28 life science curriculum activities for 13- to 16-year-old educable mentally handicapped children. The role of the teacher in continuing field trials is noted and environmental themes and elements, inquiry skills, problem solving skills, and applicational behaviors and attitudes are…