Reviews some recent research studies on the impact of inquiry teaching and materials upon elementary school children. Based upon the data from these studies, the authors hypothesize that specialized educational experiences in inquiry-centered science teaching encourage a teacher to become sensitive to children, functionally aware of the purposes…

Discusses the role of laboratory work in biology and suggests reasons (mostly related to the preparation of teachers) for the continuing emphasis on confirmatory laboratory exercises rather than student directed investigations. Gives examples of process and affective objectives, and practical suggestions for using behavioral objectives to guide…

Describes a "Science as Science approach to second level biology, combining laboratory-based individual problem solving, seminars to develop communication skills, and independent study. The teacher's main role is to act as a catalyst. Students analyze their own progress with the help of written answers to questions. (EB)

Describes a computer program (for Apple II) that tests knowledge of four-letter words. The program, which includes four games and a dictionary, can be used in one of two modes (inquiry or game) by students at any level depending on version of dictionary selected. Dictionary operations and classroom applications are discussed. (JN)

Vietnam and El Salvador can serve as models depicting the failure of American education to teach students to critically and objectively examine a current event. Only a decade after the Vietnam debacle, public schools are once again equating critical inquiry into the formulation of American foreign policy with anti-Americanism. (RM)

Describes a locally developed, grade 7 unit focusing on the migration of the earliest people of the Polynesian region. Inquiry strategies and activities encouraging inferential thinking are used with the unit. (JN)

Suggests using inquiry demonstrations in junior and senior high physical science classrooms. Describes three such demonstrations with suggested formats and timing. (IDS)

Traces three twentieth century approaches to social studies education: citizenship transmission, social science, and reflective inquiry. Common to these approaches is that interpretations and criticism of social institutions, distribution of goods, services, and opportunities in society, and the values that justify them are not fostered.…

The differences between inquiry from a religious perspective and from a nonreligious perspective are examined, and specific implications that these differences may have for curriculum inquiry are discussed. Two separate viewpoints are presented. (JN)

Notes the connections between the process of writing and the process of intellectual discovery. Reviews some studies of the inquiry process and applies their results to the goals and methods of teaching composition. (RL)

Describes the stages and outcomes of a junior high school science lesson on erosion and deposition utilizing a "kids as researchers" theme. Stages include awareness, discussion, investigation, experimentation, generalization, and extension. (SK)

Offers a set of principles for constructing questions that compel rereading and proposes a set of principles by which literature teachers can construct significant questions--ones which compel rereading and textual constraint while encouraging independent interpretation, response, and hypothesizing. Provides examples illustrating the applications…