Claims "why" questions are asked out of curiosity or criticism. Discusses eight methods of answering (appealing to authority, tradition, popularity, practicality, or feelings, admitting ignorance, turning the question back, and addressing reasons). Argues that "why" sits at the very heart of learning. (SR)

Suggests that good teaching, like good parenting, allows students to take responsibility for their own problems (writing, behavioral) and by extension their own ideas, the goal being maturity of thought. (JAD)

In this introductory inquiry study, teachers will explore why the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Reading Initiative is developed from the theoretical position of "teaching as inquiry." Teachers will live through several learning projects, identify important issues in practitioners' teaching lives, and read the work of…

Does one sex explore more than the other? Is one sex more curious than the other? That's a tough question to answer definitively. We know that we explore in varying degrees. Whether sociological or biological, good or bad, this investigation attempts to determine if there are substantive differences in acting upon inquisitiveness between genders.…

A study was sponsored by the U.S. National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) amid the enthusiasm for bringing the power of rigorous, objective, scientific understanding to bear on improving decisions about educational programming and thus student achievement. There is…

For students to develop a more realistic picture of how scientists practice science, there must be well-researched understanding of how scientists do science. A model for the process of scientific inquiry that more closely reflects actual scientific practices can provide a means of dispelling some of the myths about scientific inquiry. This paper…

Recent advances in computer technologies have provided new tools for accessing complex data for classroom inquiry. The effectiveness of these tools for learning depends on the extent to which students learn to engage them reflectively. From an analysis of the design of an earth science inquiry unit using complex datasets, the authors (researchers…

The follow-up question is a teaching technique used to probe the students mind and make him think more. It is a way to reap the greatest benefit from participation by students. It also can help handle the bright student. (DS)

This article discusses the results of a survey of 380 elementary teachers randomly selected from 42 schools concerning their classroom practices, opinions, and suggestions of the Inquiry teaching method of Social Studies. (Author/RM)

Five objections to inquiry teaching in the social studies classroom are discussed. (Author/RM)

Describes a plan for promoting student questions for developing students' abilities to ask other than fact questions. (MM)

Until such time as necessary conditions exist in the schools for inquiry teaching, greater emphasis in teacher-training should be placed on effective approaches to expository teaching. (Author)

In a reation to an article by James V. Panoch and David L. Barr, the author suggests, ...presenting a factual account of religion to an appropriate degree whenever it is relevant to the subject under study." Inquiry and debate or religious issues is not advocated. (Author/AP)

Educational innovation in the direction of discovery learning advances the process of self-actualization. It emphasizes the Hebraic-Greco view of man as a being with limitless potential. (CK)