A recurring theme within the prolific body of research on reader response is that of reader stance. Although several prominent theories of reader response spring from different perspectives, they share one common property: each describes reader response in terms of two opposed domains with particular responses falling somewhere on a continuum…

Describes the Inquiry Role Approach for biology in which group work leads to enhancement of attitudinal, social and inquiry skills. (LS)

A sixth-grade teacher reports an incident in which an average student discovered a complex relationship between equivalent fractions. (SD)

Reviews the individualized format of the Keller Plan and an audiotutorial approach. Outlines differences in student thinking strategies and explores the implications of these differences in the realms of teaching strategies and questioning techniques. Advocates improvement in assessing when each learner is ready for which content. (GS)

Being aware of and using factual, conceptual and contextual questions is vital to the teaching-learning experience. (JH)

The use of analogy can be the most effective way of helping science students successfully formulate hypotheses and develop understandings of concepts. (JR)

Offers suggestions on teaching students to find the answers in a passage by asking questions before reading the material. (RB)

Involving students in discussion groups tends to develop their language and cognitive abilities. (JH)

Publicity and media relations are basic operations for many public relations practitioners. Establishing a good relationship with the media and getting positive publicity for the sponsoring organization are essential duties for most public relations professionals. The public relations practitioner needs to know how to prepare media kits; to work…

This trainer's guide is intended for use in conjunction with a companion videotape, "Focus on Questioning." It includes an overview of the video for the trainer and a master copy of the handout to be used by paraprofessionals. The videotape is designed to be viewed either individually or in groups. The tape and the handout present the…

Two studies carried out by James Squire and Jesse Stuart explored processes used in reading the short story, ways of exploring student's processes, possibilities within the short story as a literary genre, and methods teachers can use. Squire's study showed that introspection and retrospection are useful in studying students' reading processes. In…

This paper begins by identifying and discussing six attributes or characteristics of television interviews, which include the function of the interview, i.e., information or entertainment; the context within which it is presented in the program; the number of interviews and interviewees; the duration of the interview and the degree of its…

The major objectives of this monograph are to familiarize the reader (teachers) with the elements of an effective lecture and to help them understand lecture forms and how to organize them effectively. In the first section, the ingredients of a lecture are considered with emphasis upon the lecturer's style of delivery and techniques for relating…

The secondary task method is utilized to assess cognitive capacity usage during, and immediately following, interspersed mathemagenic questions of different levels. The method also assesses the relationship between this usage and prose material recalled or recognized from differing positions and different types. The experiment involved 120…

Two experiments were conducted to test three hypotheses related to comprehension. The hypotheses were: that actions are harder to modify than states; that implications or inferences from modified concepts would also change in memory; and that propagation of modifications would be less likely to states than to actions. The first experiment tested…