This paper reviews methods for conducting and reporting teacher research. Through three cases, the paper explores common and diverse methods employed in classroom inquiry. The paper recounts the history of teacher research and discusses common methodological characteristics as well as context-specific features of teacher research. The first case…

This document is a description of an inquiry oriented, hands-on, kit-based science program initiated by the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology in its culturally diverse urban school district. Descriptions include the PUSD science program setting, the major components of the program,…

The teaching of inquiry paradigms that supplement traditional rational and empirical approaches is advocated in psychology training settings. This program proposal introduces hermeneutics, an inquiry paradigm focusing on the interpretation of meanings inherent in human action, into the curricula of psychology programs. Two curricula offerings are…

To account for coercive force in questions posed by counsel to defendants and witnesses, several levels of speech must be addressed. Forensic linguistics literature discusses the scale of coerciveness as reflected in the syntactic form of the questions. It is argued that this type of analysis fails to account for the inferences made by hearers…

Activities designed to improve student questioning techniques are described. For journal availability see annotation SO 504 171. (DE)

Gives illustrations for experiences designed to help intermediate (grade 6) children learn to follow directions. Activities, in the form of five stations contained in one classroom, were developed with each activity focused on a different approach to problem solving and observation. (PEB)

This paper describes one attempt to promote and extend the use of the computer to enhance instruction in the social studies at the secondary level, through simulation and data-base inquiry. (Author)

The author uses a visit to a medieval site by elementary school students as an example of how to approach field trips for development of historical techniques. (DE)

The classification of inquiry skills into three subdivisions of data collection, data organization, and data use is proposed as a means of allowing teachers to be more aware of the reason for teaching skills. The author questions whether recently developed science programs encourage children in decision making. (EB)

Describes activities dealing with the surface tension of water designed to capture interest and raise questions in students. (BR)

Suggests that a liberal arts education can be used to recognize and stimulate the intrinsic characteristics of students so that they will become involved in their own education, realize the need to be well trained, and learn to work with others toward solutions to basic problems, all of which produces good teachers. (BR)

Inquiry teaching forces students to actively engage in articulating theories and principles that are critical to understanding a domain. Inquiry teachers have three distinct goals: (1) to help students construct a given theory or set of principles; (2) to help students construct novel theories or principles; and (3) to teach students how to pose…

Elaborates on remarks that occurred during a panel discussion on "Secondary Science Teacher Education: Where are We Going?" Remarks relate to the gap between the practitioners of education (the secondary school teachers) and the scholar (the collegiate science educator). (GS)

An elementary teaching unit on the Hutterites is criticized for its teaching strategies and ethnocentrism. (DE)