Examined degree to which agreement in interviewer ratings may be influenced by training, use of structured conventional interviews, or situational interviews. Results from 42 managers experienced as interviewers revealed no training effect on rating agreement; impact of situational format on consistency in assessments of applicant suitability was…

Three blind adults were trained in a 7-step structured procedure for asking questions to solicit information concerning the location of businesses they wished to visit. Completeness of information obtained increased dramatically with the use of this procedure. (Author/DB)

Discusses three trends in remedial instruction that merit the attention of clinicians and teachers including: individualized instruction based on individualized diagnosis, effective teacher questioning during prereading activities to establish purpose, and interactive computer assisted instruction which provides immediate feedback. (RS)

Explains the "Point and Query" (P&Q) Interface which trains students to develop good questioning strategies, decrease search time and increase retention and recall. Navigation and knowledge organization in the P&Q interface are explained; and two experiments demonstrating P&Q use are presented. (Contains 16 references.) (SLW)

Discusses the challenge of answering questions and suggests how teachers can help students learn how to answer questions as they learn to read. (PRA)

Illustrates the use of learners', rather than teachers', questions as well as interviews to negotiate curriculum in adult literacy and math classes. (SK)

Explores the apparently disparate link between successfully hosting a talk show and successfully teaching a college class and describes methods this professor has used to foster class discussion and student interest. (EV)

Tests a model of question answering called WHEN, which explains the answer descriptions that are generated when college students answer "when" questions. Finds that the answers given systematically varied as a function of temporal interval in a fashion that supported most of the production rules of the WHEN model. (RS)

Makes a case for students' using a focused, carefully phrased question as the basis for prewriting and writing, as opposed to a thesis sentence which can more easily lead them astray. (TB)

Discusses training success and describes the inquiry process that provides an opportunity for developing problem-solving skills by learning to structure problems through effective questioning. Considers beneficial outcomes, including gathering and organizing information as part of an active social process; and provides an example of the inquiry…

Presents ways of discussing how to answer questions about common biological phenomena to introduce students to the rich explanatory power of selection theory to show the distinction between proximate and evolutionary answers and to discourage teleological thinking. (ASK)

Compared two different guided questioning strategies and unguided questioning and assessed the knowledge construction of 48 fourth and fifth graders in the questioning conditions. Results support the conclusion that questions designed to access prior knowledge and experience are more effective in enhancing learning than questions simply designed…

Explains an educational framegame called Information Basketball for adult or teen players that can be used as a review or informal group testing of previously learned materials. Includes a question set example and discusses debriefing, including sample debriefing questions. (LRW)

An exploratory study examined adults' questions to small groups of children to determine how questions influenced their response rate and complexity of response. Thirteen educators of toddlers and 13 educators of preschoolers were videotaped during free-play. Both groups of educators used an equivalent frequency of open-ended and closed questions,…

It is not people in general, but the right people who are your most important asset. By hiring more of the right people, organizations create a culture of superstars and keenly focused professionals with a common drive. The wrong people will usually become uncomfortable in this environment because of their lack of performance, and these folks will…