Inquiry-based Instruction

Would you ever use Twitter in your classroom? This middle school teacher did! Check out this CNN article/video: http://bit.ly/ilbF9R ^Jason

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Here are some examples of using inquiry-based instruction in middle school reading classes.

This has a lot of process descriptions where we can see how to help teachers to get started. It also has a technology and media approach

There are some samples of IBL lesson plans here.

One of the reasons that instructors tend to overemphasize "coverage" over "engaged thinking" is that they do not fully appreciate the role of questions in teaching content. Consequently, they assume that answers can be taught separate from questions.

the second part of the clip is: student refelction of the process; teacher reflection of the process. Pros and Cons

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.

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