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ERIC Number: EJ328295
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Group-Inquiry Turns Passive Students Active.
Kraft, Robert G.
College Teaching, v33 n4 p149-54 Fall 1985
Evidence suggests that the usual classroom practices don't work and must be replaced by something more active and involving. Group-inquiry, an untraditional approach to the classroom, is described. Small groups examine central problems of the subjects under study, then a consensus is reported to the class. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Group Dynamics, Group Experience, Higher Education, Inquiry, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Lecture Method, Student Participation, Student Responsibility, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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