Reviews the new'' social studies curriculum in Hawaiian schools. (DS)

A comparison of three methods used in teaching science with a discussion of the meaning of these terms and the psychological assumptions which are used to justify them. (DF)

A multidiscovery, open-ended, sciencing experience appears to have implemented nearly the full spectrum of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor objective domains.'' (Author/DF)

Historical interpretation is a primary responsibility of the historian in addition to discovery of the factual past. Using historiographical study as one aspect of historical study, a teacher provides a vehicle for understanding and gaining experience in the use of the reflective process. (JB)

By using an inquiry approach and determining what is appropriate to teach and how it should be taught, it is possible to provide discussion in the classroom where communications, rationality, and valid data become a base for the emergence of a student's value system. (Author)

Research performed, in part, pursuant to a contract with the U. S. Office of Education. (LS)

Presents procedures, results, and conclusions of two studies designed to determine (a) whether any relationship exists between the amount and kind of information available to students and the kind of verbal behavior elicited in problem solution, and (b) if differential effects are created by visual as opposed to kinesthetic stimulus materials.…

Student understanding and motivation are increased if history is taught from the present to the past with an emphasis on current affairs and their effect on the student

Reports on study to determine whether pupil-inquiry method is superior to a teacher-directed method of teaching Time, Space, and Matter to eighth graders. Results indicate inquiry method more effective in developing understanding of the methods of science, but shows no difference for critical thinking and learning of science facts and principles.…