This study evaluated the internal reliability and face validity of a linguistically modified Self-Description Questionnaire and a sign language video presentation of the questionnaire items with 10 deaf students (ages 8 to 13). Results suggest that the modified measure and video presentation are appropriate for use with deaf students without…

Describes the types of problems young children generated in problem-posing situations as they worked, on a one-to-one basis, with a student teacher. Indicates that problem-posing actions of students can be nurtured by teachers' actions. (Author/KHR)

Former candidate for U.S. Assistant Attorney General Lani Guinier is attempting to make law school and the legal profession more welcoming to women, in part by rejecting use of the Socratic method in classroom discussion, which she feels is intimidating, combative, and discriminates against women. Others say the Socratic approach encourages men…

The article examines aspects of the question episode, seen to be central to interactive computer-based education. Question episodes may be ranked according to cognitive-domain taxonomies but may become degraded through exposure. Ways to vary questions to shield them from such degradation and the design of higher level questions are addressed.…

Describes a lesson based on Taba's Inductive Thinking Model that offers a set of strategies to enhance the teaching of higher order thinking skills with the use of databases. Analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information are discussed, and strategies for guiding class discussion are presented. (eight references) (LRW)

Results are reported from a study of 42 middle-school social studies teachers which compared 2 approaches to measuring teachers' questions. The approaches focused on either teacher-to-group interactions or teacher-to-individual student interactions. Teacher questioning patterns were identified, and implications of these patterns on mainstreamed…

Three learning disabled fourth-grade students who asked few questions in their mainstream class viewed videotaped exemplars of question-asking, received structured opportunities for rehearsing question-asking, and received feedback. The resource room training procedures were effective in increasing the level of question-asking and in improving…

A study of house officers' performance of a complete medical history assessed interview content, questioning technique, and interview style. Frequent deficiencies included inadequate social, psychiatric, and drug reaction histories and an overly direct style. Use of detailed checklist for student evaluation is recommended to provide feedback and…

Describes an undergraduate research seminar that examines how sexism has biased the history of women in sociology. Explains how the author engaged students in asking new questions and reading standard sociological materials in critical ways while working toward a less biased understanding of the history of sociology. (Author/LS)

Discusses how teachers can use the Socratic method of cross-questioning students to arrive at logical conclusions to help elementary school students recognize and understand differing opinions; question their own beliefs and assumptions; and learn that they can disagree without resorting to violence. (MDM)

Analysis of student constructed questions about common and decimal fractions of (n=27) students in grades five and six revealed that students seemed to construct experience- and interest-based questions rather than textbook-type word problems which tended to be multistep problems. (12 references) (MKR)

Investigates the nature of teacher questioning and its relationship to what learners consider important to remember when processing exposition. Focuses on questions that have been determined to be of high, medium, or low structural importance. Finds that students are relatively aware of the information that their teachers will test and that this…

Describes a study in which one group of community college students expected to be questioned orally and at random in class about a reading assignment, whereas another group expected to volunteer answers. The students expecting questions read more pages and had higher quiz scores. Discusses lack of preparation for lecture classes. (DMM)

Reading comprehension training using the Question Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy approach was conducted with 23 third-grade children. Following QAR training, classwide peer-assisted sessions were held to practice asking and answering questions. Results found that all children improved their individual question generation and question answering…

Inappropriate communicative strategies and their effects are assessed using information collected in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) from counselor-patient interaction in pre- and posttest AIDS counseling. Inappropriateness was assessed by the disruption in conversational turn-taking sequences shown by overlap and shifts in communication format.…