Author suggests specific ways to re-awaken high school students' curiosity and teach them how to ask questions which will increase their intellectual powers and broaden their awareness of the world about them and the significance of their studies. (PD)

Article suggests ways by which teachers can systematically improve classroom questioning skills. (Author/MM)

An experimental technique to estimate the earth's circumference becomes a source of inquiry. (CP)

The advantages of specifying behavioral objectives for instruction are outlined and consideration given to how the document Inquiry Objectives in the Teaching of Biology" can help in curriculum development by identifying inquiry factors" and the characteristics of inquiry teachers." (AL)

Describes an approach for teaching art appreciation in elementary art classes in which the teacher does not tell students what they should see in a picture but asks them what they could see. As an example, how second graders discussed and told stories about the picture "American Gothic" is described. (AM)

Five major differences between the rationalistic and naturalistic paradigms of inquiry are accounted for: the nature of reality; the nature of the inquirer-object relationship; the nature of truth statements; assumptions about causal relationships; and the role of values within disciplined inquiry. Thirty-one sources are appended. (EJS)

Assumptions underlying certain aspects of discovery-inquiry learning are examined. Inductive and hypothetico-deductive reasoning, principles which are now more or less taken for granted, will not always proceed smoothly. There do exist some identifiable human tendencies which can lead to bias in perception and interpretation of data. (AM)

Describes a history unit in which secondary students use the mysteriously carved Champlain's Rock (near Renfreu, Ontario) as a starting point for inquiry into the evidence of the French exploration of Eastern Canada. Students learn about hypothesis formation and testing, frames of reference, bias and prejudice, and they write two essays. (AM)

Presents teaching methods and learning activities to help high school students examine the extent of sex stereotyping and sex bias in their schools. Students investigate classroom dynamics, analyze the school yearbook, and interview administrators. They then make summary statements and form hypotheses. Sample forms are included. (KC)

Affirms the possibility of interdisciplinary psychology/religion courses in which both remain fully autonomous. Describes a course on inquiry into religious experience showing one way in which this possibility can be actualized. (Author/CK)