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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1975
Page
20
The Cedar Rapids Community schools implement Project Basic Inquiry to empower fifth and sixth grade teachers and junior high staff with inquiry based methods. Teachers attend courses, earn credit, and bring strategies into their classrooms to foster evidence based reasoning and collaborative learning.
Teachers report Inquiry methods push students beyond simple answers. Sandra Conner notes Piaget led her to drop a science unit too abstract for 10 year olds. Gay observes value and hypothesis questions boost participation, especially for lower ability students.
Ruffalo notes the project pushes teachers to teach a process for handling facts and making generalizations. Cleveland sixth grade teacher Myrna Cooney says Inquiry techniques help students become more knowledgeable adults through critical thinking and self guided learning.
Teachers and students discuss balance in talking time and questioning types. Mrs. Cooney notes films help analyze thinking and questions. Suzanne Rawson videotapes her class to assess behavior and responses. Wanda Morrow joins to support teachers through the inquiry program.
Instruction shows students share in problem solving and reflection. Teachers facilitate open discussions and higher order thinking across grades from kindergarten to 12th, guiding students to compare, generalize, and consider personal values. Ninth grade American Studies prompts include questions on prejudice and exploration.
The article portrays Dean Reed as perhaps the most famous American in the Soviet Union after President Ford, contrasting him with banned Western acts and noting his appeal to Soviet masses amid cultural restrictions.
The Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics Institute says the average employee spends one to four hours daily on reading for work and could gain 1600 to 4000 extra productive hours per year by tripling speed. The piece also profiles pop star Reed, his East German career, political stance, and international fame.
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