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A Study of Inquiry Activity in Elementary School Children1:

A Study of Inquiry Activity in Elementary School Children1: A Study of Inquiry Activity in Elementary School Children1 JEROM E S. ALLENDER Temple University Recent research reports (Schroder, Driver, and Streufert, 1967; Shulman, 1965; Shulman, Loupe, and Piper, 1968) have shown that huma n inquiry as a complete process is amenable to systematic study. Earlier research (Suchman, 1961; Suchman, 1962) investigated a single aspect of inquiry activity in elementary school students, i.e., question asking, but a general study of children was needed. Two models were explored for their applicability in the development of a task that would be appropriate for elementary school students. Miller, Galanter, and Pribram (1960) theorized that an organism's behavior was based on test-operate-test-exit units which they called TOTEs. Extrapolating on the basis of their model, a complete inquiry could take place if materials were available which allowed children to test for incon- gruencies and if a set of data were present on which they could operate. Exiting would consist of deciding on some resolution to the incongruency to which a student had chosen to respond. The way to create operable materials was further elucidated by Shulman (1965). He presented a model which distinguished four components of human inquiry—problem sensitivity, problem formulation, search behavior and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Educational Research Journal SAGE

A Study of Inquiry Activity in Elementary School Children1:

Allender, Jerome S.
American Educational Research Journal , Volume 6 (4): 16 – Jun 24, 2016
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A Study of Inquiry Activity in Elementary School Children1 JEROM E S. ALLENDER Temple University Recent research reports (Schroder, Driver, and Streufert, 1967; Shulman, 1965; Shulman, Loupe, and Piper, 1968) have shown that huma n inquiry as a complete process is amenable to systematic study. Earlier research (Suchman, 1961; Suchman, 1962) investigated a single aspect of inquiry activity in elementary school students, i.e., question asking, but a general study of children was needed. Two models were explored for their applicability in the development of a task that would be appropriate for elementary school students. Miller, Galanter, and Pribram (1960) theorized that an organism's behavior was based on test-operate-test-exit units which they called TOTEs. Extrapolating on the basis of their model, a complete inquiry could take place if materials were available which allowed children to test for incon- gruencies and if a set of data were present on which they could operate. Exiting would consist of deciding on some resolution to the incongruency to which a student had chosen to respond. The way to create operable materials was further elucidated by Shulman (1965). He presented a model which distinguished four components of human inquiry—problem sensitivity, problem formulation, search behavior and

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