The purpose of this study was to determine whether students' pertinent questioning skill and their ability to make connections between given information and other verbal information (implications) would be improved more by teacher-initiated (T) or student-initiated (S) data-collecting questions. A group of 56 pupils in seventh- and ninth-grade…

The effectiveness of a televised science series used in the Seattle metropolitan area was investigated, using factorial design to provide a treatment variable representing four degrees of utilization of TV science and non-TV science. Teachers and their intact classes were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: TV science only, plus…

In an investigation of the "shaping" function of postquestions in prose and of a new methodological approach, fifth-grade children read forty text cards, each consisting of four attributive statements. Each card was followed by an experimental question, which during training tested information related to specified concepts or positions, or…

Reported is a study to examine the effects of seminar sessions focused on (1) curricular input, (2) affective developent, or (3) a combination of the preceding, on three groups of prospective elementary teachers. Each of the three groups was chosen for one of the seminar groups and a fourth group served as a control with the participants not…

This study attempts to generate hypotheses concerning teacher performance in the classroom. Seventeen teachers were videotaped while teaching a lesson. Pupils completed an achievement test and a rating scale of these teachers which placed the teacher in a high-, medium, or low-effect group. A comparison of the frequency and types of questioning…

The first section of this paper which is the second on the same topic recapitulates the assessment of behavioral objectives originally stated in Part I, essentially to serve as a contrast to the "Dewey model" which states that goals should be determined "by" the students rather than "for" them, and hence that ends…

Immediate and two-week retention were studied as a function of three levels of text readability and two levels of inserted post question (IPQ) difficulty. The IPQ treatment was modified to permit review of text after question answering. A traditional control group was required to read without marking lesson pages; and a second control was…

The direction of subjects' first gaze shift following questions designed to elicit verbal-linguistic or visuo-spatial processing was examined in three experiments under video camera and face-to-face interview conditions. In all three experiments, verbal questions elicited significantly more downward gaze shifts than spatial questions. However,…

This newsletter, published monthly from September through May, keeps teachers informed about new learning resources in consumer education, as well as the latest projects and developments in the field. This issue contains a lead article on development of valuing skills in consumer economics. The major portion of the newsletter consists of three…

An alternative to teacher dominance, inquiry-based learning permits greater choices for the student and thereby encourages initiative and responsibility. Flexible modular (flex-mod) schedules that permit student inquiry can be adapted to fit nearly any teaching situation. For example, a tenth-grade history class is divided into four groups:…

A collection of articles reflecting the underlying concern of British contributors with continuity--conceiving reading and learning as a whole throughout the school years--comprises this special issue of "English in Education." Specific topics treated are: "What Children Learn in Learning to Read" by R. Morris; "Reading without Primers" by W.…

The purpose of this research was to explore the development of, and relationships among, individual modes of (1) articulating knowledge about and evaluation of peers; (2) attributing causality for interpersonal events to the self and to others; (3) attributing one's own and other's behavior to intentionality or accident. Data was collected for…

This report describes a workshop combining training in questioning, explaining, and listening. When revised, the workshop will become part of the Model Teacher Training System being developed by the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching. Questioning, explaining, and listening skills were presented in a workshop and were tried…

This monograph explores some implications of a new wave rooted in applications of industrial management to curriculum practice. It contains a "model" of a general strategy for evaluating and responding to proposals that particular managerial or instructional systems be adopted. Keyed to this model are specimen sets of questions for teachers,…

Elementary science teachers allow an average of one second for a response to a question, and follow a student response by a comment within an average of nine-tenths of a second. When these two "wait times" are extended to three to five seconds, a number of changes occur in student variables. There are increases in the length of the…