The problem investigated was to determine the effects of science process training, using two different inquiry strategies, on preservice teachers' knowledge of process skills, understanding of science, attitude toward science, attitude toward science teaching and attitude toward the inquiry strategy employed in the process training. The population…

Sociological Resources for the Social Studies (SRSS) has three major projects: 1) a series of paperback readers written for a high school audience, each of an aspect of sociology, 2) a series of 20-30 short "episodes" on various sociological topics, and 3) a one-semester course in sociology for high school students, which is described…

Investigated were the effects of a modified elementary science education methods course on creative thinking, self-evaluation and achievement. Involved were 30 experimental and 39 control undergraduate elementary science education methods course students. Controls were given usual laboratory sessions and written assignments. Experimental…

Included are edited transcripts of a number of individual interviews with randomly selected high school biology students presented for educators who wish to study inquiry processes. Students were introduced to an interesting, but unexplained biological phenomenon through a brief printed account. They were asked to state how they would proceed to…

This review covers research literature concerning the inquiry method reported by "Social Education" from 1960 to 1968. Studies were selected which dealt with either the learning outcomes or adaptability aspects of inquiry. It is cautiously concluded that under certain conditions inquiry is at least as effective as more traditional…

Present methods of high school and college instruction in history, namely, the instructor centered approaches, have made the study of history irrelevant for many students, and hence objectives for teaching history are seldom realized. Even good lectures, and most discussion classes, result in the student acting as a passive observer, never…

This paper describes one pioneer effort to develop materials for teachers who operate on the premise that the student can learn from his environment. Three environments are considered: 1) the inner environment of the child; 2) the immediate environment in which he finds himself; and, 3) the global environment which is of so much concern to…

To test the efficacy of inquiry development materials with the gifted, six 7th-graders with IQ's in the top 3% participated in an inquiry science class with specially selected materials twice a week for 40 minutes over 6 months; six children with like IQ's worked on science activities in another room. Pre- and posttests in critical thinking and…

The first interactive (on-line) computerized use of the ERIC files by the U.S. Office of Education is reported in the form of an evaluation of the DIALOG system conducted at the ERIC Clearinghouse for Educational Media and Technology. Descriptions of the purposes of the study, of the DIALOG system (developed by Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.),…

Reported is a study to determine if the participants, 42 elementary school science teachers enrolled in a methods course, could be trained to identify the inquiry strategy for teaching science. All subjects received six weeks of common training. Treatment Group A received training in the use of the Social-Substantive Schedule, an instrument used…

Reported is a study to identify various effects of a teacher training project which included in its objectives the initiation and implementation of new science programs. The program included four introductory sessions, a two-week intensive workshop, and follow-up and consultation sessions in the ensuing school year. The 68 teachers in the project…

Reported is a study to determine differences between selected elementary Index, Revised Inquiry Index, percentage of class time spent in pupil experiment Index, Revised Inquiry Index, percentage of class time spend in pupil experiment and time spent in reading and/or extended viewing activities. Audio-tape recordings were made using materials from…

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…

Reported is the development of a Views and Preferences (V & P) instrument for use in tenth grade biology courses to distinguish Inquiry Role Approach (IRA) from non-IRA instructional practices. The V & P instrument was highly related to the IRA materials developed in 1972. Student attitudes toward social interactions, cognitive operations, and…

Reported is a study of relationships between teacher-pupil verbal interaction and pupil achievement in science inquiry skills among ten suburban fourth grade teachers and their heterogeneously grouped classes. Flanders' Interaction Analysis was used to code each taped lesson. Teacher-pupil talk in the small and total class group situations was…