Stages of moral reasoning through which children develop, as researched by developmental psychologists Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg, are outlined in the introduction of this paper. The six stages are defined and exemplified by the moral issue of the value of human life. The developmental model, as it is argued, is suitable for instruction in…

Mexican-American mothers of first grade children participated in an educational program in which they learned to teach their children question-asking behaviors. This particular target behavior was selected because previous research and observation indicated that Mexican-American children asked few, if any questions. It was hypothesized that…

This study described and analyzed questions that teachers ask their pupils and investigated the teachers' responses to their pupils' answers. An attempt was made to determine if teachers from different grade levels used different question-and-answer techniques during daily classroom interaction. Two hypotheses were investigated: a) no significant…

The purpose of this study was to identify the teaching models contained in teacher's editions of selected junior high school inquiry science materials. The methodology employed a systematic content analysis of the teacher's editions using an instrument of the investigator's design. The sample consisted of the commercially published teacher's…

This workbook and study guide for a money management curriculum in consumer education was written to accompany the textbook "The Consumer and His Dollars" and a teacher's guide, both announced in this issue as VT 017 179 and VT 017 177. Included are 16 chapters, each containing worksheets perforated for easy removal. Chapter highlights,…

Reading comprehension questions selected from readers, teacher manuals, and workbooks of three current, widely used and representative basal reading series were analyzed according to the Barrett Taxonomy to determine cognitive objectives. The taxonomy has five major divisions and thirty-three levels within, claimed to be cumulative and sequenced…

The project described in this document sought to structure primary source research, basic to the historian's approach to knowledge, into the liberal arts curriculum through the development of a pilot program for training undergraduates in the techniques of oral history research. The subject under investigation, the working woman in Southern…

This publication contains class activities and provocative inquiry questions for intermediate-grade teachers to use to involve students in map making and map interpretation. The author believes that the only things that are needed to develop an inquiry-oriented unit on mapping are a good map, a small group of students, and a perceptive teacher who…

In this study the effects of operational level on the quality of children's questions and on their free recall were investigated. Subjects were 65 second-, fourth- and sixth-grade children. Children's operational levels were decided by their performance on nine Piagetian tasks. A question asking task was used to study their question quality. At…

Research indicates that the informal reading does not produce reliable enough information on reading ability to use it for individual placement of students, though it can be used to judge the achievement of groups. (Ed./JD)

The relationships between cooperating teacher behavior and student teacher behavior after microteaching experience were investigated. Skills in questioning students were emphasized for the student teachers. Findings indicated that the classroom ecological system, as shaped by the cooperating teacher's use of this skill, supported students…

The author presents an approach for screening job applicants for professional and managerial job openings, emphasizing job-related rather than interpersonal skills. Detailed interviewing techniques to evaluate applicants' education, job knowledge, managerial capability, and personality characteristics are given. (MF)

Compares frequencies and styles of questioning strategies used in Modern Biology and Biological Science Curriculum Study--BSCS Green, BSCS Yellow and BSCS Blue secondary school biology textbooks. Findings revealed significant differences between textbooks in terms of number and type of questions used. (CP)

A program for graduate teaching assistants features a ten-week seminar with a three-part format: the videotaping of participants while teaching; self-analysis of the videotape performance; and discussion of teaching ideas and problems. (JD)

Examines the socialization of student question-asking behavior. Documents students' self-initiated questions in an attempt to determine whether high- and low-potential students learn different questioning skills. Findings generally support the authors' passivity model, which claims that students learn to become passive in classrooms because of…