Discusses competencies necessary for structuring teaching-learning environments (data, stimuli, and strategies) in objective-referenced or criterion-referenced instruction. Teaching competencies (behaviors) listed are pointed toward music instruction, but are applicable for all subject areas. (Author/AH)

Assumptions underlying certain aspects of discovery-inquiry learning are examined. Inductive and hypothetico-deductive reasoning, principles which are now more or less taken for granted, will not always proceed smoothly. There do exist some identifiable human tendencies which can lead to bias in perception and interpretation of data. (AM)

Describes a history unit in which secondary students use the mysteriously carved Champlain's Rock (near Renfreu, Ontario) as a starting point for inquiry into the evidence of the French exploration of Eastern Canada. Students learn about hypothesis formation and testing, frames of reference, bias and prejudice, and they write two essays. (AM)

A theoretical model depicting the mental process of inquiry is presented and discussed. It is mainly composed of givens, operations, transitional outcomes and terminal outcomes. The different mental paths followed as well as the various alternative outcomes are also discussed and a number of implications deduced. (Author)

Uses Bruner's learning theory to indicate how simulation games give British secondary school teachers a chance to resolve the dilemma of, on the one hand, the formal demands of the educational system, and on the other, the need to strengthen their pupils' ability to respond to and accept change. (Author/LLS)

An account of the kinds of creative learning experiences preschool children can be exposed to if the teacher organizes a group neighborhood walk for the children in an imaginative way. (CM)

A method for teaching the product rule of differentiation in calculus is described. (MK)

This activity involved constructing parallelograms on the sides of an arbitrary triangle and discovering a relationship between the areas of the parallelograms. (MP)

The processes and products involved in discovery learning are analyzed, some of the relationships among the terms involved are established, and a framework for the identification of these terms is set up. (DT)

Presents an activity in which students use a discovery approach to learn about seed texture, similarities and differences among seeds, and which seeds grow on which trees. (MKR)

Staff at a Baton Rouge (Louisiana) elementary school devised an innovative program to introduce disadvantaged children to opportunities outside their ghetto neighborhood. The Discovery Expeditions plan attempted to address dropout prevention by increasing student awareness of resources and vocational opportunities in Baton Rouge and other areas,…

In direct self-education, an individual makes discoveries without the influence of others' experience. Sources of choices among learning materials, the outputs of personal skills and knowledge, and results of selection choices are other elements of self-education. (SK)

Describes a study of university students that examined the ability of people to learn a computer system by exploration and discusses the role of thinking aloud and reflection to obtain information about the goals of the user. Considers display-based, exploratory learning in relation to planning and problem solving. (Author/LRW)

A muddy area between two new elementary schools was transformed into a school "wetlands"--an outdoor learning center used for nature study and various creative and sensory activities. The area encourages children's natural curiosity, provides many discoveries about nature, and promotes a sense of stewardship. (SV)

Proposes a perspective of sociotechnical theory relevant to knowledge management within organizations. Finds that management and leadership plays a critical role in establishing the multilevel context for the effective assimilation of knowledge management practice. (Author/CCM)