This article describes in detail how the inquiry teacher performs in the classroom and what the possible alternatives in the process are. The major goal is to clarify the components of inquiry teaching and to indicate the exact junctures where major decisions need to be made. The operations subsumed under instructional decision are spelled out and…

An inquiry-based study unit for junior high grades is designed as an introduction to the study of race relations in America. The objectives include helping students understand how ethnocentric and prejudiced attitudes develop, and why it is so difficult to overcome them. (SM)

Eleventh grade inquiry oriented history units which require students to deal with primary source materials are evaluated in this article. (SM)

Ten educators present short critiques on the Fenton social studies materials; appraising the materials, the format of written and visual materials, and the inquiry methods used. (JB)

Three telecasts were developed as part of a unit of study on archaeology, focusing on the Indians of Southern California. (JB)

Discusses how to teach literature so that the student will most successfully retain and assimilate the information developed in the work. (RB)

Offers a variety of specific techniques which will help the beginning teacher to implement reflective methodology and create an inquiry-centered classroom atmosphere, at the same time meeting the many more pressing demands of first-year teaching. (JES)

The simple game and discussion experiment encourages learning at the behavioral levels of application, analysis, and synthesis as well as the knowledge level. It has wide applicability in college principles of economics, advanced microeconomics courses, or high school economics. (Author/SE)

A primary objective of the utilization of historical research in teaching American History is to develop the students' ability to locate needed information when he wants it and in relation to the issue that has motivated the search. (Author)

Suggests ways by which teachers can develop more humanistic" education by focusing on human experiences and basic human concerns in the education process. (Author)

The author recommends nonrestrictive questioning as one technique of provoking thought. (Author/JB)

An instrument was designed for student evaluation of presidential greatness. (VW)