This study reinvestigates the systems approach, which is, among educators, a well-recognized approach reflecting the fundamental discourses of the industrial order. The pervasive discourses of the industrial order that failed to invite a holistic view for students have led to a conceptual division. This systemic thinking has thus started viewing…

Presents Merrill and Tennyson's model of teaching concepts which can be used in elementary and secondary social studies courses. A sample concept lesson is included. (RM)

Focuses on concept development as a major intellectual activity for elementary school children, and offers a structural sequence for teaching concepts which (1) involves children's experiences, (2) places the concept in a social, cultural, and historical context, and (3) treats the concept as complex and problematic rather than simple. (Author/CM)

Presents some ideas about concept learning and teaching strategies through which the learner can be guided. Characteristics of curriculum materials that promote concept development are discussed. (Author/MLF)

The use of analogy can be the most effective way of helping science students successfully formulate hypotheses and develop understandings of concepts. (JR)

How secondary social studies teachers can teach concepts through the skills of categorizing and generalizing is discussed. (RM)

This article shows examples of techniques to aid reading comprehension and vocabulary development in the study of economics. Discussed are textbook introduction exercises, structured overviews, selective reading guides, and word study guides. (CJ)

One of the more interesting areas of problem solving in chemistry attempts to answer the question, "What do students understand about the molecular level of chemistry?" This question is also implicit in the more traditional area of mathematical problem solving but in this paper, more focus is placed on devising ways to help students develop a…

Describes an exercise intended for use in sociology courses on the college level. In the exercise, students are directed to participate in concept development and discover underlying and often unacknowledged dimensions of judgment. The relevant domain of objects or concepts are rated using the semantic differential technique. (Author/DB)

Describes the Instructional Framework, a teacher-constructed activity in which students are shown how to develop concepts while simultaneously learning content. (FL)

Describes two classroom experiences which can be useful to high school social studies classroom teachers as they teach students about global interdependence. Lessons involve energy production and use, and relatinships between energy and environmental issues. Students are involved in group discussion, map work, reading newspapers, and analyzing…

Illustrated and described is a convection box for classroom use to stimulate concept development in elementary school children. Other equipment and apparatus that may be used in open-ended science activites are listed. (CS)

Previous research of classroom teaching and learning revealed that students have critical misconceptions about how plants get their food and that these misconceptions remain unchanged despite instruction using activities in the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIIS) unit on producers. Because the experimental sequence described in SCIIS is…

Concept learning and synectic strategies must be incorporated into the language arts curriculum to ensure concept development. (JH)

Activities are given for a concept guide to help students improve their thinking skills through conceptual awareness.