By using an inquiry approach and determining what is appropriate to teach and how it should be taught, it is possible to provide discussion in the classroom where communications, rationality, and valid data become a base for the emergence of a student's value system. (Author)

Research performed, in part, pursuant to a contract with the U. S. Office of Education. (LS)

Presents procedures, results, and conclusions of two studies designed to determine (a) whether any relationship exists between the amount and kind of information available to students and the kind of verbal behavior elicited in problem solution, and (b) if differential effects are created by visual as opposed to kinesthetic stimulus materials.…

Student understanding and motivation are increased if history is taught from the present to the past with an emphasis on current affairs and their effect on the student

Reports on study to determine whether pupil-inquiry method is superior to a teacher-directed method of teaching Time, Space, and Matter to eighth graders. Results indicate inquiry method more effective in developing understanding of the methods of science, but shows no difference for critical thinking and learning of science facts and principles.…

True learning takes place from inquiry into all phenomena, not just from those explained by the standard instructional materials. (RA)

Briefly describes research stimulated by the McREL-BSCS document Inquiry Objectives in the Teaching of Biology." Mentions instruments and procedures for investigating patterns of inquiry, the interactions in an inquiring classroom, the assessment of affective objectives, and the indentification of teaching practices related to student…

Research supported by a grant from the Cooperative Research Branch, U.S. Office of Education.