EDUCATION P. WELFARE

The work is the report of a study concerning the impact of the inquiry method of teaching on affective as opposed to cognitive achievements. Subjects were 10th grade students given a reading assigrment in Asian studies. Control and experimental groups were asked to respond to questions about the material read. Attitude gains were, mputed for both groups by a scale developed during a pilot study run prior to the studs. The investigator found that attitude shifts were made as the resu]t of the inquiry method as distinct from the more traditional expository method. Level of intelligence and attitude toward the program were not considered to have influenced the findings. (CWB) pr\ C