Instructional or teaching behaviors can be conceptualized as involving four distinct modes: the questioning mode, the oral mode, the support mode, and the critical mode. Each mode contains specific behavioral elements, and each mode contributes a particular or "selected" element to the quadrilateral structures (called quadrograms) in a given…

This literature review is based on the hypothesis that when no interaction occurs (either externally or internally) between the stimulus material and the learner, learning also fails to occur. (Author/STS)

Presents a collection of "tricks of the trade," for oral history interviewing. The suggested techniques describe ways of questioning and interacting with oral history sources. (JDH)

The relationship between features (e.g, use of Yes/No questions and conceptually simple questions) of adult speech and autistic children's response adequacy was examined within unstructured dyadic conversations. As the number of facilitating features in adult speech increased, the proportion of adequate child replies increased. (Author/DB)

Interviews can provide valuable information for social researchers, but problems that may affect the quality of the information gathered should be addressed. These include subject-researcher reactivity, role relations, truth telling, reporting of the information collected, and researcher characteristics. A profile of effective interviewer…

Evaluation research is conceived of as process of asking questions and finding answers. Discusses categorical theory, erotetic logic, pragmatics, and epistemology. (RB)

Analyzes the interviewing methods of reporter Fallaci and finds that she asks tough questions from a subjective perspective. (FL)

The effect of post-passage question generation on comprehension question performance was examined. Students who were taught to generate "think"-type questions for reading comprehension performed better than students who were told to read and reread a story for comprehension on higher order inferential comprehension test items, but not on literal…

The article presents questioning strategies that can be used when introducing gifted children to the art museum. The strategies utilize eight creative processes and seventeen content, process, and product modifications, based on the differentiation models of Frank Williams and June Maker. A single work of art is used and examples of questions…

Utilizes a contextual play technique to gain insight into fears and worries of preschool children. Examines sex differences and differences relating to the questioning procedure. (NH)

Examples are presented of lessons intended to help learning disabled students develop such critical reading skills as distinguishing fact from opinion, identifying propaganda techniques, and understanding figurative language. The lessons are designed to remedy the frequent over-reliance on questions calling for immediate recall rather than…

"From Asking To Answering: Making Questions Explicit" describes a pedagogical procedure the author has used in writing classes (expository, technical and creative) to help students better understand the purpose, and effect, of text-questions. It accomplishes this by means of thirteen discrete categories (e.g., CLAIMS, COMMITMENT, ANAPHORA, or…