The study was undertaken as part of an effort to poll mentally retarded persons about their needs, attitudes, and circumstances in order to form an information base for policymaking. Five different studies were conducted to determine the ability of mentally retarded people to understand questions and use speech to convey facts and opinions. Each…

This paper develops two models of the reference interview: (1) the Need-Oriented Model, which emphasizes identifying the client's information needs and allows for a broad-ranging diagnostic interview; and (2) the Question-Oriented Model, which is constrained by the client's initial question and focuses on refining that specific question,…

Teaching techniques for primary grades exemplify how children's natural enthusiasm can be used to produce a meaningful first experience in learning about the law. (Author/KM)

This handbook is a systematic guide for planning and implementing a program of depth interviews either as part of a school's community relations program or as an effort in policy analysis. It includes all necessary information for understanding the advantages and disadvantages of depth interviews, for preliminary planning and preparation, for…

The author discusses the importance of questioning techniques in the instruction of learning disabled students. Factors affecting students' responses to questions are the strengths and weaknesses of the learner and the type and difficulty of the question asked. A systematic method of providing or following up on students answers, termed…

The study compared the effectiveness of two commonly used questioning sequences with four preschool developmentally delayed male children, aged 3 to 5 years, and their four adult trainers. The Full Model to Open Question sequence began with presenting the child with a model of the correct answer and then proceeded to increasingly less restricted…

IN THE SHORT STORY WHERE NEITHER CHARACTER, SETTING, NOR PLOT IS DEVELOPED SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW A THOROUGH INTERPRETATION OF THE STORY, THE STRUCTURE OR SHAPE OF THE STORY COULD BE USED AS THE TRANSMITTER OF MEANING. THIS APPROACH, WHICH DEPENDS ON INTELLIGENT SENSITIVITY, CONSISTS OF ESTABLISHING THE STRUCTURAL PARTS OF THE STORY, JUSTIFYING…

THE EFFECTIVE USE OF QUESTIONING IN THE TEACHING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE IS DISCUSSED IN THIS BULLETIN. SAMPLE QUESTIONS ARE USED TO ILLUSTRATE (1) WAYS IN WHICH KEY WORDS AFFECT PUPIL INVESTIGATIONS AND (2) PATTERNS OF QUESTIONING THAT RESULT IN STUDENT DECISION-MAKING AND PUPIL-DIRECTED PROCEDURES. A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE COGNITIVE AND…

This is a report on the third effort to formulate an effective question for determining the ethnicity of respondents to Great Britain's 1981 census. Discussed herein is the response to the ethnic origins questions, different versions of which were incorporated into the main census pre-test and administered to 4250 households (including large…

This is a report on the first effort to formulate an effective question for determining the ethnicity of respondents to Great Britain's 1981 census. Procedures used to design and administer the trial questionnaire are outlined. Successes and problems in contacting and gaining the cooperation of various ethnic groups represented in the study sample…

This is a report on the second effort to formulate an effective question for determining the ethnicity of respondents to Great Britain's 1981 census. Problems encountered in the first pilot test and the two alternate survey forms tried in the second test are described. Included in the present version are additional questions on education,…

The facilitative effects of inserted questions on a complex reading passage and a syntactically controlled reading passage were examined with 40 hearing impaired secondary students, half of whom were controls. Analysis of Ss' comprehension on criterion posttests indicated that there is little or no effect of syntax complexity alone, inserted…

The document offers guidelines for observing the nature of life in a variety of closed institutions (state mental hospitals and state schools). An initial section offers guidelines for asking questions, conducting evaluation, and making observations while visiting institutions. The remainder of the document lists questions for 17 areas: building…