This study was undertaken to demonstrate the effectiveness of utilization of discovery learning episodes with four different treatment groups: one seventh-grade history class; two preservice education classes (elementary and secondary); and an in-service teacher workshop. The discovery episodes consisted of readings, large- and small-group…

This product development report is one of 21 reports, sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education, dealing with the developmental history of a recent educational product. This report deals with Facilitating Inquiry in the Classroom, a teacher training program, focusing on instructional skills needed to stimulate and sustain students in self-directed…

This article demonstrates how the "discovery method" of teaching can be used in a basic graduate statistics course in education. The development of a technique for measuring the relationship between two variables is used in the course of this demonstration. (Author)

This is the second "Center Spot" devoted to Jan Hoffman's "Shoe Box Science," a program that organizes manipulative materials so that children can identify, describe, order, construct, name and distinguish on their own.

Discusses the differences between institutionalized and personalized learning in adult education. Suggests that all human learning is a game and that personalized learning might lead to an improved normal society. (CH)

A learning center approach to physical education is recommended and presented. This approach can resolve the problem of large class sizes by freeing the teacher to work with individual students. Both psychomotor and cognitive learning experiences can be incorporated into learning centers. (MT)

A series of activities are presented on worksheets marked off with lattice points (like a geoboard). Students are led to discover and apply Pick's Theorem for finding the area of a polygon whose vertices are lattice points. (JP)

Considers learning styles that were effective for students. (Author/RK)

Statements by proponents of the new'' social studies are examined. A perspective is developed from which there may be choices among goals, methods, curriculum materials, and approaches to value issues in teaching social studies. (SM)

An elementary school teacher in New Zealand describes the fruits of a nondirective learning environment in his classroom. (BB)

Students learn to understand the environment and discover the world of tiny creatures beneath their feet. (RK)

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

Open education means opening up to the possibilities of the many resources available in the talents and abilities of parents and others in the community. (Author)