Presents the answer to a question, which is intended for high school students, about the dispersion of white light by a glass prism. Why the high frequency waves travel slower than the lower frequencies in glass is also presented. (HM)

A high degree of classroom activity relevant to the lesson content positively influenced achievement in high school algebra lessons. (Editor)

A series of Danish studies suggests that a great deal of prequestioning before students read may adversely affect students' reading processes. (DD)

Elementary school science students taught by preservice teachers trained to ask observation and classification questions were administered an attitude measure. Results showed a significant difference only on a frustration measure, with the experimental group exhibiting more frustration than a control group. (MLH)

Evaluates a module for training science teachers to ask cognitive questions. (SL)

Ten graduate students piloted co-inquiry with elementary school children, learning ways to develop questioning skills in students and teachers, modeling and practicing question formation, developing higher-order questions, using graphic organizers for data, mediating questioning sequences, and actively soliciting lines of questioning. (SK)

Discusses how to design a thematic children's literature unit with trade books. Highlights include theme versus topic; benefits of thematic units, including analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating; opportunities for higher level thinking; sequencing the titles; determining key discussion questions; and culminating the unit. (LRW)

Draws on theory from linguistics (particularly speech act theory), philosophy, and cognitive science to show how the ambiguous nature of "why" questions may lead to unproductive or even hostile responses in the reference interview. Suggests two main strategies for resolving this conflict, contextualization and the use of neutral…

Explores the perspective of American suburban Midwestern high school chemistry students on the motivations for and implications of a particular form of classroom questioning behavior. Discusses the effects of the social atmosphere in high schools on scientific inquiry. (Author/KHR)

A study of the conversational patterns of two young children with blindness and two children with normal vision and their mothers found that average lengths of speaking turns of sighted children and their mothers were comparable, but blind children's turns were shorter than their mothers' turns. Mothers of blind children asked more knowledge…

Discusses some uses of questionnaires and surveys in educational research. Describes different kinds of closed and open form questions, offers suggestions for finding questionnaires for use, and describes methods of data analysis. Includes practical suggestions for using questionnaires in the chemistry classroom. (PVD)

Considers the relationship of teacher questioning to resultant student questions in a whole language, literature-based classroom. Finds that the teacher provided numerous opportunities for students to continually formulate questions, helping students to master the difficult art of asking questions at different levels of inquiry. (RS)

Describes a method of peer review in which peers read each other's papers while writing questions to inspire invention and elaboration in their partners. Describes a four-day sequence for introducing the peer-review method. (TB)

Considers alternative assessment techniques as vehicles for improving student learning. Describes a deductive model for teachers to write open-ended questions that are directly linked to their daily science teaching. (KHR)

Provides two examples of the use of the guided-experience approach to teach the U.S. Civil War to eighth-grade students and a life-science unit to third-graders. Describes four key competencies teachers must master to successfully use this approach: Develop community, use materials creatively, question effectively, and master the subject. (PKP)