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Peer reviewedCampbell, Lloyd P. – Social Science Record, 1973
A unit to be used as a means of assisting students in formalizing their position on the fundamental issues within the energy crisis includes objectives, learning activities, and a resource list. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Current Events, Energy, Environmental Education, Inquiry
Peer reviewedSocial Education, 1972
It is the purpose of the assessed k-12 sequential project to help students develop skills, knowledge, and values. Although the project is structured toward development of the concepts of various social science disciplines, history and geography are the primary subject areas. (SM)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Curriculum Evaluation, Geography, History Instruction
Peer reviewedSocial Education, 1972
Six paperback economic units intended for grade 12 high school students and junior college students which focus on knowledge, skill, and value objectives are assessed. The course strategy integrates a variety of inquiry learning modes and programed instruction techniques. (SM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Economics, Economics Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSocial Education, 1972
Program descriptions and evaluations are provided for three major sets of sociology materials for secondary grades: Inquires in Sociology, Episodes in Social Inquiry, and Readings in Sociology. (SM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Inquiry, Instructional Materials, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedKrockover, Gerald – Science Activities, 1973
Through the use of discrepant events, children can be challenged at a variety of levels to become successful investigators. (PS)
Descriptors: Inquiry, Instruction, Instructional Materials, Laboratory Experiments
Brown, Stephen I.; Walter, Marion I. – Mathematics Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Inquiry, Instruction, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedConnelly, F. Michael – American Biology Teacher, 1972
Advocates concentrating on an examination of the logical framework of inquiry in liberal education biology programs, because the principles of biological inquiry are stable although the claims and explanations offered about biological phenomena change with accumulated research. (AL)
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Curriculum, Educational Philosophy
Peer reviewedMark, S. J.; Salstrom, D. – Science Education, 1972
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Games, Elementary School Science, Grade 6
Peer reviewedStarr, Robert J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1972
There was no significant difference in attitudes toward biology between high-ability grade nine biology students exposed to 20 randomly selected Invitations to Enquiry'' and similar students whose course did not include invitations. There is some suggestion that more difficult Invitations'' later in the course may have arrested a general decline…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Biology, Discovery Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Peer reviewedTucker, Jan L. – Social Science Record, 1972
Paradigms developed from process and content choices are: (1) scientific, discipline centered, (2) humanistic, discipline centered, (3) scientific, practical-problem centered, and (4) humanistic, practical-problem centered. Each is examined for its logical implications for the role of the social studies teacher. (Author/VW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Inquiry, Models
Ruchlis, Hy – Sci Teacher, 1969
Based on the premise that properly selected photographs can help develop scientific thinking, the author presents two examples in which students would be involved in active observation and in the making and testing of hypotheses. (LC)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, General Science, Hypothesis Testing, Inquiry
Peer reviewedChapin, June R.; Gross, Richard E. – Social Studies, 1972
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Concept Formation, Definitions, Discovery Processes
Van Allen, R. – Claremont Coll Reading Conf 33rd Yearbook, 1969
Descriptors: Imagination, Inquiry, Language Experience Approach, Listening
Peer reviewedCraddock, Richard S.; Arnsdorf, Val – Journal of Geography, 1971
Three series of eight fifteen-minute programs were made with conceptual and process orientation. Data was presented and open questions asked, but not answered. New ways of using traditional materials were demonstrated, as was the adaptability of television to non-expository teaching. (NH)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Discovery Processes, Educational Television, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedCramer, Robert E.; Boehm, Richard G. – Journal of Geography, 1971
Three series of eight fifteen-minute programs each were made conceptual and process oriented. Data was presented and divergent questions asked about it, but not answered. New ways of using traditional materials were demonstrated as was the adaptability of TV to non-expository teaching. (NH)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Discovery Processes, Educational Television, Elementary Education


