The questions "How much does it cost this institution to provide an education?" and "How much should students pay for that education?" are difficult to answer. In virtually all private institutions, and most public ones, today's students actually are paying a variety of prices, depending on the aid they receive and the financing methods they…

The purposes of this study were to: (1) identify the types of questions that students ask during science learning; (2) explicate the role of students' questions in the knowledge construction process; (3) investigate the relationship between students' questions and approaches to learning; and (4) discuss some emergent issues related to student…

This practicum program was developed and implemented to increase the reading comprehension of second grade students. The objectives of the program were for students to improve the ability to use context clues by 20%, improve reading comprehension by 15%, identify the 4 types of QAR (Question Answer Relationship) questions by 80%, and write…

Discrepant questioning is a teaching technique that can help students "unlearn" misconceptions and process science ideas for deep understanding. Discrepant questioning is a technique in which teachers question students in a way that requires them to examine their ideas or models, without giving information prematurely to the student or passing…

This collection of papers presents the reflections of five beginning public school teachers from the greater Boston area on their first years in teaching. They share lessons garnered from teaching, writing, and reflecting together on their introductory experiences. As their first months in teaching passed, they found themselves working in some…

This digest concerns itself with the origin of reflective thought, the application of theories about reflective thought to classrooms, conflicts and issues, and a synthesis of the essential ideas. Sections of the Digest address origin of the idea of reflective thought, definitions of reflective thinking, questioning strategies, how to generate…

A comparison of the question-asking behavior among two groups of children separated by a span of some 33 years (from time of collection) indicates that the underlying developmental processes involved in the question-asking behavior of children has changed very little. (DP)

This paper has been an attempt to show what is involved in actually using two general principles of learning in the planning of a learning experience. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this paper is to attempt to operationalize a number of Gall's criteria in order to measure whether there is any empirical relationship between these criteria and the level of teacher questions. (Author)

Discusses the use of divergent questioning in the science classroom. This form of questioning is open-ended and encourages children to contribute to class discussion with a variety of responses. (JR)

Social science curriculum is subject of this issue. (DS)

An analysis of various studies which have examined the effect of questions in the textual content of instructional materials. (JB)