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Estvan, Frank J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Creative Development, Discovery Learning, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Download full textMassey, Sara R. – 1981
This experiential education course was designed as part of an experimental program in education leading to a master's degree for teachers and administrators living in an isolated, rural area in Maine. Course outline, assignments, references, and lesson plans are provided. Elementary aspects of archaeology were used as the content from which to…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Course Descriptions, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning
Bollen, Sharon Kesterson – 1981
This paper introduces an artistic model of planning and problem solving. The model is based on a case study of processes engaged in by a college art student during the course of producing a senior thesis in batik (a wax-resist fabric dyeing process). Based on the premise that knowledge of the creative process is essential to understanding the…
Descriptors: Art Products, Case Studies, Creative Thinking, Data Analysis
Brown, Stephen I. – 1978
Topics that deal with prime numbers are presented with the intent of allowing the student to re-create the excitement of the original investigation. Suitable for advanced high school students as an introduction to number theory at the college level or as a text for courses in teacher education, the book covers the following topics: (1) the number…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Discovery Learning, Enrichment Activities, Instruction
National Public Radio, Washington, DC. – 1978
This script for "Options in Education," an educational radio program, focuses on the role of the field trip to a museum or library in the education of the elementary school child. Members of the cast provide background information and continuity as they conduct interviews with children, teachers, and librarians. Samples of field trip activities…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Discovery Learning, Educational Radio, Elementary Education
Lawton, Joseph T.; Blue-Swadener, Elizabeth – 1979
The effects of two types of advance organizer small group instruction, expository (EO) and guided self-discovery (GSDO) were assessed in teaching the concrete operational skills of either hierarchical classification or relations to preschool children. A control group was taught using the same materials, in a manner determined by the children's…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Discovery Learning
DICKINSON, MARIE B.
IN CONTRAST TO THE TRADITIONAL EMPHASES ON ROTE LEARNING AND FACT ACCUMULATION, RECENT TRENDS EMERGING FROM EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH STRESS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THINKING PROCESSES SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO REASON ABSTRACTLY AND TO SYNTHESIZE. CHILDREN WORKING INDEPENDENTLY OR IN GROUPS MOVE THROUGH A DISCOVERY LEARNING CURRICULUM IN WHICH THE TEACHER…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Trends, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics
Harvey, John G., Ed.; Romberg, Thomas A., Ed. – 1980
This monograph focuses on educational research on the processes and natures of problem-solving activities in mathematics. The first chapter presents an overview to both the field and the document itself. All of the studies reported reflect interrelated investigations carried out at the University of Madison-Wisconsin, as partial fulfillments of…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Discovery Learning, Educational Research
Davidson, Neil Andrew – 1971
This dissertation reports the results of a one-year pilot study conducted to determine the feasibility of a small group-discovery method with a class of college freshmen studying calculus. The class consisted of twelve volunteer students who had A or B grades in their high school mathematics courses. The pilot class scored slightly better on a…
Descriptors: Achievement, Calculus, College Mathematics, Concept Formation
Hanselman, David L.; Reider, David A. – 1978
This publication details the development and use of environmental education materials based on the United States Forest Service "Process Approach." This publication focuses on materials that teach the ecology and management of natural and man-made forest and brush fires. The main body of the contents develop and document a rationale for…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Conservation Education, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning
Hicks, John – 1976
This report evaluated a four phase environmental sciences program designed to serve 654 students from 23 different fifth grade classes from a Manhattan community school district. Phase one, a pre-camp educational program in the classroom, was designed to introduce the participating classes to the concepts of environmental sciences which the…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Grade 5
Nichols, Edith June – 1971
The purpose of this study was to compare instruction in multiplication and division by means of manipulative materials and pupil discovery to instruction using abstract and semi-concrete materials combined with teacher explanation and exposition. The effect of the two methods on pupils' attitude and achievement also was compared. Ten classrooms…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Division, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary School Mathematics
Godfrey, Leon D. – 1974
In this report, the theoretical background and procedures for a study of concept learning are discussed. Several definitions of the term "concept" are analyzed, and the relations among concepts, chains of concepts, and hierarchies of concepts are explored. Conceptual learning is discussed from several points of view, and axiom systems for the…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Discovery Learning, Doctoral Dissertations
Godfrey, Leon D. – 1974
In this volume, the results of a study of concept learning are presented. (The background for the study, and descriptions of the treatments--rote reception, rote discovery, conceptual reception, and conceptual discovery--are provided in Part 1.) Several hypotheses concerning the effectiveness of these treatments in learning concepts and on the…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Discovery Learning, Doctoral Dissertations
Carpenter, Marian – 1974
Capitalizing on the resources available within a city block, this resource guide for the emotionally handicapped (K-6) describes methods and procedures for developing sensory awareness in the urban out-of-doors. Conceptual focus is on interdependency ("living things are interdependent"). Involvement in the environment (observing, thinking, doing)…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Entomology
