NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ426388
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Helping Students Think about Public Issues: Instruction versus Prompting.
Parker, Walter C.; And Others
Social Education, v55 n1 p41-44 Jan 1991
Compares two instructional strategies, prompting and direct instruction, to determine which produces dialogical reasoning in written essays concerning controversial issues. Participants were 45 sixth graders. Finds both strategies equally productive and concludes that the emphasis should be on providing thought-provoking, issues-oriented social studies curricula. Includes research procedure, data analysis, and sample student essays. (NL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Logical Thinking, Outcomes of Education, Prompting, Skill Development, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Dialogical Reasoning; Directed Instruction