Explores the nature of examination questions in literature in teaching English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL). Three examples of questioning that are said to be more language based and that are suggested as supplements to conventional tests are discussed. These include general comprehension, textual focus, and personal response. (GLR)

Discusses five strategies to use in creating an environment that will foster the development of critical thinking. To make thinking the subject of instruction; focusing on the key aspects of higher-order thinking; providing opportunities for continual, explicit practice; questioning and developing an investigative nature; and reinforcing the…

Discusses young children's dialogue and ways in which children learn when they talk with other children and with adults. Children's language is characterized by wondering; teachers can learn to be sensitive to this wondering and can learn the art of dialogue with young children. (RJC)

Explains the three basic components of journalism: reporting, writing, and interviewing. Stresses the importance of accomplishing the three components and provides guidelines for all three functions. (LS)

This article suggests several lessons, exercises, and class projects that utilize the Iran-Contra affair as a theme. Designed to aid the development of abilities necessary for civic virtue, the activities focus on fact gathering, validating claims, reflecting on the source of opinions, and learning to ask questions. (IAH)

Argues that the teaching of statistics can be freed from the tedium of routine and repetitive calculations with the use of several creative approaches. Concludes that these approaches enable students to invent and seek applications as a result of their own initiative and understanding. (MS)

Argues that confirming reading predictions emphasizes supporting evidence, while refuting predictions reinforces positive patterns of logic and scientific inquiry. Shows how teachers can change questions of confirmation to questions of refutation, using question examples about the story "Old Ben Bailey Meets His Match." (MM)

Discusses issues in the adjudication of child sexual abuse allegations and reviews research about the believability of child witnesses. It also examines accommodations for children that could assist the child witness and encourage accurate testimony, while continuing to protect the rights of the accused. Criminal, juvenile, and divorce court…

Librarians responsible for interviewing prospective employees need to be aware of guidelines in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 which prohibit certain recruiting practices. This article gives examples of questions employers should and should not ask, reviews pre- and postemployee interview steps, and offers tips and background…

Examines the effectiveness of self-questioning and summarization instruction on adult poor readers enrolled in adult education programs. Demonstrates the benefit of teaching text comprehension strategies to adults who are poor readers. (RS)

Provides brief descriptions of several techniques and strategies (Jigsaw method, anticipation/reaction guides, metacognition, "what I know" charts, and self-questioning) thought most useful and inspiring by preservice teachers enrolled in a mandatory content area reading class for secondary teachers. (RS)

The effectiveness of coaching active reasoning of students with learning disabilities was studied with 63 grade 4 and 5 students. Students in the coaching condition outperformed students in the two comparison conditions on immediate and one-week delayed tests of factual information and explanations. (Author/SW)

This study examined whether 3-year-olds could be persuaded to identify a stranger labelled "daddy" as their father. Five of the 17 children misidentified a photograph as their father when the question was repeated. Results suggest that young children's responses to questions of fact are influenced by contextual factors, and have…

Following training in a communication repair strategy (showing), 10 children (ages 4 to 9) with hearing loss showed a greater (but not statistically significant) tendency to use this repair behavior than similar untrained subjects. The children used more explicit repair behaviors when asked questions that requested more information. (DB)

Examined the conditions under which children's memory is resistant to suggestibility versus vulnerable to suggestibility. Results suggest that children have more accurate memory for an event that occurred to them frequently, and that they are less vulnerable to suggestive influences such as biased interviewing procedures than they would be for an…