The learning module described is designed for preservice and inservice classroom teachers interested in improving their questioning skills. It may be used by teachers at all grade levels. The scope and content of the module are outlined, and the activities and resources involved in its use are described. A critique of the module and ordering…

Elementary school teachers chosen for their effectiveness in consistently producing achievement gains in their pupils were observed to determine how difficult a teacher's questions should be for students to learn the maximum amount of material. The collected data, correlated with residualized student achievement gain scores (averaged over four…

Following a discussion of the value of intuitive thought processes, this paper calls for elementary and secondary teachers to encourage intuitive thinking in addition to analytic thinking. It points out that the demand for precise, analytic answers to teacher-posed questions fosters student dependency; cites statements by Jerome Bruner about the…

This paper shows how the heuristics (organized questioning techniques) of contemporary literary criticism in the United States can be used to teach composition. Contemporary criticism emphasizes that literature should be viewed as a process of communication, not as a mere artifact or product of discourse. Teachers can apply this view of literature…

The present study investigated the effects of repetitions and questions (without feedback) at varying lags during self-paced learning from text. High school students read a series of unrelated paragraphs, each of which was repeated or tested after a variable lag. In a mixed condition, texts and repetitions of particular sentences were combined…

Reviewed is research dealing with teacher questions and their effects on mentally retarded children. Cited are studies involving classification systems for questions, patterns of teachers' questioning, training of questioning behaviors, and effects of questions on normal students. Among implications noted for mentally retarded persons are the…

This is the leader's guide and training materials for conducting workshops on an instructional system which utilizes the process of inquiry. The guide is designed for leaders of these workshops and lists the leader's activities. It is organized according to the 18 major workshop experiences, referred to as subset. Each subset guide is organized…

This book is designed to aid instructors or potential instructors in presenting information in an inservice training session so that it will be meaningful to all concerned. The book contains general information on the learning process, motivation of the student, methods of instruction, and physical facilities, and training aids, as well as control…

This study was undertaken to further the development of procedures and programs to improve student inquiry behaviors as a means of improving student reading and learning skills. Half of the 37 seventh grade students were randomly assigned to the experimental class in which the inquiry procedures were developed and used for instruction by the…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of classroom instruction about questioning skills on students' question-asking behaviors, as well as to inquire about student reactions to being taught "process" in a "content" course. Two sophomore college literature classes were involved as experimental and control groups in the study. The…

This paper reports a study of selected examples of verbal behavior patterns in primary grade classrooms during science activities. The subjects were 32 elementary teachers within five mid-Michigan public school districts. A control group of 16 teachers taught science in the conventional manner. The experimental group received an in-depth study of…

Following an opening statement explaining the importance of small groups as an educational innovation, the author examines seven different types of groups, their organization and function. 1) The task group involves students in many types of meaningful work, with each member able to make a useful contribution towards the completion of the task. 2)…

Individualizing instruction is not in itself the answer to the problem of teaching all children to read. With the development of many new materials and devices, problems relative to meeting the needs of each child may be compounded. There is danger that the child may become isolated from what should be a community of learners. Reading as a social…

This study sought to determine whether student teachers' questioning strategy can be modified to increase their use of higher level cognitive questions and also whether student achievement was higher in classes where the teacher asked more high level questions. Subjects of the study were 20 student teachers assigned to fifth-grade classes in…

This study investigated the effectiveness of an in-service program for teachers focused on pupil questioning, to determine if the number as well as the variety of pupil questions in science classes could be made to increase, if there could be greater variety of verbal remarks preceding pupil questions as well as in responses to questions, and if…