This booklet is part of a series which tests some skills biologists use in their investigations. A series of photographs of 3 rats in a Skinner box in which they had learned to obtain water by a bar-press response, but from which they receive rat pups, is used to present a puzzling event which students are asked to identify. Students indicate the…

This booklet is part of a series which tests some skills biologists use in their investigations. Questions are asked about investigations of the maternal behavior of rats, which is related to the "puzzling events" presented in a series of photographs of rats in Skinner boxes in Booklet A (SE 011 340). In a series of questions, depending upon the…

This study examines the relationship between two measures of inquiry-verbal communication: The Science Classroom Activities Checklist (SCAC) and a modified form of the Parakh System of Interaction Analysis. The sample for this study consisted of ten randomly selected classrooms: three ninth-grade general science classrooms, six ninth-grade earth…

This exploratory study compared alternate theories made during inquiry lessons by students in the classroom and those held by student teachers. The rationale of the study is based on the author's belief that student teachers present data in such a manner that students are caused to form alternate theories. Such alternate theories are mostly…

Previous research has demonstrated a relationship between questions asked by teachers and corresponding levels of student achievement. The present study was designed to measure the effect of a unit in which fifth-grade students were taught a system of question classification. The results as measured by the criterion instrument Question…

The purpose of this research was to analyze the effects of a teaching methodology on the question-asking behavior of elementary school children. A fifth grade social studies class was chosen as the site of this experiment. The teacher, aided by two interns, divided the class of 24 into three equal groups. The group controlled by the teacher was…

The purpose of this follow-up study was to determine whether changes in teacher high-level questioning behavior and classroom interaction patterns (rates of pupil and teacher talk) which resulted from the use of operant methodology in a microteaching setting were maintained during the student teaching experience a year later. Twenty University of…

This book discusses and analyzes the many different procedures of inquiry, both old and new, which have been used in an attempt to solve the problems men encounter. Section A examines some outmoded procedures of inquiry, describes scientific inquiry, and presents the Dewey-Bentley view of scientific method. Sections B and C, which comprise the…

Investigated in this study was the relationship between an inquiry approach to science instruction and language development. Four classes of sixth-grade children from two socioeconomic groups participated in the study. The treatment consisted of 12 inquiry film sessions and six discussion sessions, each session 40 minutes in length. At the end of…

A description is given of a course on techniques to use in conducting interviews with teachers seeking employment. (JD)

Identifies some aspects of teacher-student interaction during inquiry learning. These include treatment of students as investigators, inductive use of evidence, awareness of the incomplete nature of individual bits of data, internalization of facts, and the facilitating role of the teacher. (Author/AV)

Contends that history is a discipline with a great potential which could be exploited in the service of art education. Proposes that this potential be tapped by extending our notions of the educational functions of history and our conceptions of what past events might be seen as historically significant, and by learning to recognize historical…

Examines the frequently found gap between the teaching of facts and the learning of critical thinking skills in the history classroom. Describes how history facts can be taught through the application of critical thinking skills. Includes sample test items and teaching examples. (JDH)

This article suggests how and why democratic dialogue has disappeared from teacher education and from the education community. The failure of an increasing body of scientific knowledge about teaching to empower teachers is discussed. The inquiry-oriented paradigm of teacher education, which may best address these issues, is described. (JL)

Reviews Pat Smith's 1985 book, TALKING AND LEARNING IN SMALL GROUPS: PUPILS AGED 12-13 IN CONVERSATION ABOUT A POEM. Concludes that the book discovers anew that creativity belongs at the center of schooling as it connects art-thought, science-thought, and everyday thought. (GEA)