Techniques discussed include cultural asides, culture capsules, and cultural slots. Other devices, discussed in detail, are instructional games, inquiry techniques, andacting techniques. Content sources for French, German, Hispanic and Russian cultures are also provided. (Author/RM)

Based on the premise that world history courses should stress general educational goals, Fenton examines his curriculum package which focuses on six major objectives: developing positive attitudes, self esteem, learning and inquiry skills, acquiring knowledge, and valuing. (JR)

From the Series "Social Studies Education: The Elementary School -- Focus on Inquiry.

From the Series "Social Studies Education: The Elementary School -- Focus on Inquiry.

After noting that the principles of clinical supervision and management by objectives (MBO) may at first appear to be contradictory, the author briefly describes a system attempting to adapt and combine components of these two movements in a practical supervisory system in a secondary school. He first explains the supervisory process in general…

Mandatory evaluation of classroom instruction in the University System of Georgia has posed the problem of whether item context on inventories used to obtain the evaluation (i.e. the content of other items on a questionnaire), and the type of inventory, influence students' global (over-all) appraisal of instruction. This problem, and the question…

The relationship between higher cognitive teacher questions and the nature of the cognitive thought processes involved in the student answers was investigated. Literature was reviewed, resulting in the selection of Blooms Taxonomy, and the Aschner and Gallagher, Smith and Meux systems for classifying higher cognitive thought processes. A pilot…

Acquiescence, the tendency to respond affirmatively regardless of the content of a question, was examined in 57 mentally retarded children (11 to 17 years old) and 91 nonretarded children (3 to 8 years old). Embedded within the standard interview schedule for both samples were two pairs of oppositely worded questions on the same topic.…

A study to determine parental attitudes toward the education their secondary school children were receiving was conducted in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Open-ended, tape-recorded elicitation interviews were conducted with the parents. Questions were asked that allowed parents to express any opinion, idea, attitude, or…

Three methods of preposed questioning aimed at improving student comprehension of short stories were tested with a group of high school students. The methods were as follows: teacher-prepared, preposed questions, self-preposed questions (student-prepared), and schema self-preposed questions (embodying teacher-specified limitations within which…

THIS REPORT IS A STUDY OF TWO TYPES OF THE PROCESS OF QUESTION NEGOTIATION IN LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTERS. THROUGH TAPED INTERVIEWS WITH SPECIAL LIBRARIANS AND INFORMATION SPECIALISTS, FIVE LEVELS OF INFORMATION WERE ISOLATED WHICH ARE CONSCIOUSLY SOUGHT AND RECEIVED BY THE LIBRARIAN IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS. THESE ARE (1) SUBJECT…

PAPERS CONCERNING (1) LEARNING AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION, AND (2) CREATIVITY AND PRODUCTIVE THINKING ARE INCLUDED IN THIS NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION. IN THE PAPER THAT DEALS WITH LEARNING, A DEFINITION OF LEARNING AND A DESCRIPTION OF BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY ARE FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULI AND…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF TWO VERSIONS OF A SEVENTH-GRADE SCIENCE FILM. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO PRODUCE TWO VERSIONS OF A FILM, ONE OF WHICH CONTAINED INSERTED QUESTIONS, AND (2) TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE QUESTIONS IN DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING OF CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTATION. ALL OF THE…

Options are presented in this paper for the imaginative use of questions in content area study. An argument is made against the stereotyped use of questions to test factual recall and for the use of questions to expand instruction in content study to stimulate higher levels of thinking and learning activities. Suggestions and examples are provided…

The described learning module is designed for teachers and educators who wish to improve their techniques of inquiry and questioning. The scope and sequencing of topics in this module are described as well as the activities and resources involved in its use. Ordering information is provided, and a critique of the module is included. (JD)