An elementary social studies program should help a child develop an awareness of significant personal social values. Values pertinent to the child from age 4 to 11 are pointed out. Four principle activities in which the child must engage to develop each of these values into behavioral patterns are discussed. (Author/RM)

Three successful inquiry activities adapted to a geography course introduce students to the geographic characteristics of a variety of regions and acquaint them with major ways to utilize natural resources. (Author/KM)

Teachers who state lesson plan topics in the form of a problem, who state objectives in terms of specific skill performances expected, and who construct test questions to assess the skills involved are taking important steps towards maximizing their success as inquiry teachers. (Author)

The paper takes the position that if value inquiry in the social studies is to become something more than a mere fad'' it will have to be grounded upon a sound rationale from which appropriate curricular designs and teaching strategies can be developed. (Author)

Article stresses the skills gained in problem-solving over mere information transmission in the classroom. (GB)

The form of inquiry used by some curriculum materials affects the behavior of the learner toward the subject and toward himself and learning. (JB)

Learning concepts implies certain attitudes and skills on the part of both teachers and student; means recalling specific perceptions, discovering relationships, and applying these structures to situations. Students who have learned to conceptualize have the ability and training to view their own lives in relations to their physical and cultural…

Teachers training for elementary school teaching made significant gains on a test measuring their understanding of the nature of scientific hypothesis construction, testing, and use after completing a free-response linear program. (AL)

Describes a study, involving high school earth science teachers, to determine if the level of the teacher's questions influenced student achievement. Students of the 20 teachers who tended to use more high level inquiry questions surpassed the performance of students of 20 teachers who tended to use low level inquiry questions. (PR)