Open-ended or closed-ended case study design schemes offer different educational advantages. Anatomy and physiology faculty members who participated in a conference workshop were given an identical case about blood doping and asked to build either an open-ended study or a closed-ended study. The workshop participants created a rich array of case…

This study sought to determine the relation between Instructional Consultants' communication skills and competence using videotapes of simulated Problem Identification interviews. A quantitative analysis identified the frequencies of questions and alternatives to questions used, and the qualitative analysis examined the content of the…

Recent studies, showing that the majority of questions asked by teachers elicit little more than memorized answers from students, indicate that more effective teacher training in questioning techniques is needed. Teachers may be trained in the inquiry method, which necessitates that a student learn how to ask appropriate 'why' questions, or he may…

This article presents a variety of distinctions generally proposed in discussions concerning philosophic methodology, as well as those concerning methodologic matters relating to a philosophic study of sport. (RC)

The purpose of this paper is to lay some logical groundwork in order to avoid certain logical problems that could arise in empirical studies of classroom questioning behavior. (RC)

This article discusses inquiry as a philosophical concept, considers the different forms of inquiry, and finally analyses the possible worth of such considerations for educational programs. (JA)

The art of teaching students to think creatively is discussed. (CK)

Examines the interviewing techniques of journalists and applies them to use by instructional designers for interviewing subject matter experts and analyzing and teaching expert skills to adult learners. Highlights include types of interviews, including directive and nondirective; stages of the interview; the interview structure, including…

Models of question asking predict that questions are asked when comprehenders experience cognitive disequilibrium, which is triggered by contradictions, anomalies, obstacles, salient contrasts, and uncertainty. Study results reveal that deep comprehenders did not ask more questions, but did generate a higher proportion of good questions about…

Describes interviewing techniques to obtain the most information from client interviews. The roles of the interviewer and interviewee are outlined; necessary environmental considerations are discussed; the basic structure of an interview is described; and questioning techniques are suggested, including question clustering, how to pose key…

Outlines the development of survey questionnaires to use in making camp decisions. Describes and illustrates the tasks involved: (1) determining the kinds of information sought; (2) deciding on question structure; and (3) choosing the right words. (SV)

Forty-one children (3 to 7 years) were exposed to a staged event and later interviewed by 1 of 41 professional interviewers. All interviews were coded with a detailed, mutually exclusive, and exhaustive coding scheme capturing adult behaviors (leading questions vs. neutral) and child behaviors (acquiescence vs. denial) in a temporally organized…

Using classroom observation and video recording methods, we performed a comparative study on the forms and content of dialogues in the classrooms between expert and novice teachers. Of the 55 lessons surveyed, it was found that expert teachers tend to use analytical and comparative questions more frequently to detect students' mathematical…

This article addresses the concern that business schools are not adequately developing the practical leadership skills that are required in the real world of management. The article begins by discussing the limitations of traditional case methods for teaching behavioral skills. This approach is contrasted with an alternative case method drawn from…

In this article, the authors present parent-educator conversations, which were selected to illustrate common communication patterns and provide links to some of the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children's recommended practices for communicating and collaborating with parents. Using conversation analysis, researchers…