Inquiry-based Instruction

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This is awesome! Can I make a video, save it and burn it to a disc?

Yes you can the free trial is limitied in the time of the video ( I think it is like 30 seconds or a minute) but they animate any of the images you upload to music that they have and it's pretty cool.

How to Cite Blanchard, M. R., Southerland, S. A., Osborne, J. W., Sampson, V. D., Annetta, L. A. and Granger, E. M. (2010), Is inquiry possible in light of accountability?: A quantitative comparison of the relative effectiveness of guided inquiry and verification laboratory instruction. Sci. Ed., 94: 577-616.

The Key to Engaging Students in Learning Good questioning skills may be the world's most unsung talent. Ask the right questions in the right way, and you'll engage people; do it differently, and you'll put them off.

This has a good chart and links to videos (although we can't access google videos here as it is blocked) on some of the issues that arise with classroom management during the inquiry process.

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What do a middle school teacher in a challenging Atlanta public school and a Ph.D graduate student teaching undergraduate physics students at Harvard College have in common? They're both working too hard. We've heard from both of them and from many other educators that they wind up doing too much thinking for their students.

FOOS, Annabelle, Department of Geology, Univ of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101, afoos@uakron.edu.Learning objectives in K-16 science education range from gaining an understanding of scientific concepts (content) to developing critical thinking skills necessary to do science (process). Inquiry is commonly cited as an effective means of obtaining these learning objectives.

"An inquiry-based curriculum yielded significant gains in student achievement without sacrificing state curriculum standards."

This site includes informations regarding the use of inquiry based instruction in connection to standards, including research on the success of inquiry based learning.

Please use this page as a guide through my model lesson on "The 21st Century Socratic Seminar." I will be using a PowerPoint Presentation format to guide my instruction as you use this page to access necessary links and documents.

Answers the question: What does research say about inquiry based learning and its effect on standardized testing?

Martin Nystrand (Ph.D., Northwestern University) is LOUISE DURHAM MEAD PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on the dialogic organization of discourse in both writing and classroom discourse. His writing research examines how writing-reader interaction shapes the writer's writing process and development: The Structure of Written Communication: Studies in Reciprocity Between Writers and Readers (Academic Press, 1986).

Good resource for managing inquiry based learning in the classroom, wtih examples of units and discussion of rubrics.

Shared Inquiry™ is a discussion method, a teaching and learning environment, and a way for individuals to achieve a more thorough understanding of a text by discussing questions, responses, and insights with fellow readers. Shared Inquiry combines a sound theoretical base with proven strategies to engage all readers in higher-order thinking and collaborative problem solving.

Definition with ideas for management and expected learning outcomes

Descriptors of what inquiry-based prompts look like at each grade level and at each performance level (novice to distinquished).

What We Know Inquiry is often defined as a seeking of truth, information or knowledge. Inquiry-based learning is a complex process where students attempt to convert information into useful knowl

The Right Question Institute is a non-profit organization in Cambridge, MA focusing on education, healthcare, parent involvement, voter engagement and microdemocracy.