This study was undertaken to further the development of procedures and programs to improve student inquiry behaviors as a means of improving student reading and learning skills. Half of the 37 seventh grade students were randomly assigned to the experimental class in which the inquiry procedures were developed and used for instruction by the…

This research investigated the need to apply appropriate results of research in pedagogical techniques of questioning to accomplish maximum achievement through the use of high-level questions and to encourage thought and participation in the learning process. A unit on radioactivity and radiation was prepared, validated and taught by 14 carefully…

This study was undertaken primarily to identify various approaches used by physics teachers with special note made in terms of the inquiry approach in teaching. It was carried out in fifteen micro-teaching exercises, each involving one teacher and five high school students randomly chosen from the teacher's physics class. All verbal utterances…

The problem investigated in this study was to determine if any relationship existed between the methods of instruction used in an astronomy institute for secondary school teachers for the instruction of a certain set of concepts and the instructional preferences of the teachers concerning those concepts. Inquiry and verification methods of…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the 1972 biology inservice summer institute programs conducted in five Regional Science Teaching Centers (RSTC) in the Philippines. Investigated were: (1) the effect of summer institute programs, using the biology curriculum material adapted for the Philippine high schools (Green version BSCS) on teachers'…

The purpose of this study was to determine if any differences exist in inquiry skills between science students using the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) materials and those using a more traditional approach. The Tab Science Test was administered to seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade science students in both ISCS and non-ISCS groups.…

From the late 1950s through today, hands-on science has been promoted as a method of science instruction. Currently, recent national science reform efforts seek to temper its role. However, no consensus has been reached on the relationship of hands-on science to student achievement, though this has been researched since the turn of the 20th…

This master's project contains two essays and a long poem, examining the possibilities of creative writing as a tool of inquiry in mathematics, history, science, film, art, and architecture. The project's first essay, "The Poet in the Warehouse," introduces a brief history of imaginative writing and an argument for its inclusion in…

This study was designed to assess the teacher verbal role behavior of Guided Discovery/Inquiry before and after an in-service workshop. The sample consisted of 24 junior school teachers, who were teaching Introductory Physical Science (IPS) materials and traditional materials (non-IPS). Three IPS and five traditional teachers were randomly…