Designed to assist those training interviewers in the group interview technique for assessment of educational needs, this manual contains a review of the technique, responsibilities of the interviewers, interview preparation, and a self-evaluation guide, as well as the interview questions with procedural suggestions. As a substitute for observing…

The purpose of this paper is to provide a set of criteria within a format that teachers, student teachers, and supervisors can use to better understand what inquiry is and how to evaluate the extent to which it is being incorporated into classroom activities. The evaluative criteria are organized into an instrument and are divided into the…

The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate television as an instructional medium for teaching creative thinking to fifth and sixth grade students by use of the "inquiry" method of instruction in the area of science. A secondary purpose was to determine the effect of student involvement in the live telecasts on their performance on a test…

The impact of the Sociological Resources for the Social Studies Project (SRSS) on colleges is discussed under three general categories: 1) the effect on instructional materials and inquiry methods used in college sociology classes and laboratories with respect to student research and value analysis; 2) the effect on college course prerequisites…

Our educational system is traditional and backward-looking, and it produces students who cannot deal with change. It consists of an irrelevant, structured "subject matter" system where subject matter knowledge is the end goal, a paradox in an age of change. Traditional classroom organization must be eliminated (including grades, desks, courses,…

The purpose of this research project was to analyze the act of questioning (i.e., the types of questions asked by teachers in class discussions) in order to discover possible patterns of inquiry exhibited by teachers. Each of the 30 participating elementary school teachers (randomly selected from the greater Wichita area) was asked to provide…

Changes in verbalized inquiry behavior of teachers and students who participated in the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory's Instructional Staff Development program in inquiry were identified. Teachers' verbal behaviors were analyzed in terms of their teaching strategies as related to three inquiry models. An expanded modification of…

Reported is a study of the verbal behaviors used by biology students in inquiry and noninquiry settings. The population for this study included 10 BSCS teachers who had enrolled for two semesters in an instructional program designed to make teachers aware of alternative skills and strategies of inquiry; to recognize those used in their own…

This booklet is part of a series which test some skills biologists use in their investigations. A series of diagrams of a bird interacting with members of its own and other species and two reports on bird behavior are used as a basis for identifying the "unusual event" shown in the illustrations. Students indicate the order in which they would…

This is a session-by-session lesson chart of component one of the Instructional Staff Development (ISD) program. The general purposes of this component are listed as follows: a) to provide participants with proper expectations concerning the purpose of the program, b) to promote a group feeling of familiarity among participants, c) to encourage…

This is the trainer's manual for the last component of the Instructional Staff Development (ISD) program. For this last component it is reported that the focus is on student-directed instruction. (In the first five components, focus was on teacher, then self, then pupil-directed instruction.) The predominant emphasis is practice sessions, which…

This annual report provides an overview of the major activities of the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1971. Three major areas of concentration are a) systems for training education personnel, b) in-service staff training, and c) inquiry oriented instructional systems. Systems for…

Provides examples of case studies on journalism law and ethics, handled in the Socratic questioning method, showing how this approach helps students to realize what legal and ethical implications they may encounter as reporters and editors. (RL)

Critical thinking can best be taught using higher cognitive questioning which includes the process of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The learner is required to use knowledge in a problem solving manner. Thus, higher cognitive questioning should be used as a tool for developing critical thinking--a vital intellectual operation. (Author/NQ)