Inquiry m13
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Inquiry builds on a child’s natural curiosity. The student becomes responsible for his/her learning. Questions that provide the structure for instituting inquiry in the classroom include: “What do you want to learn about?” “What do you want to know?” “Do you know what you don’t know?” “I wonder _____________________.” “Do you think_______________________.” Inquiry is more about process than product. It is about how to formulate questions, how to make observations, how to develop the thought process. It is finding out how we create knowledge. It is connecting evidence to explanations. The difference between the interactions between teachers and students doing inquiry is that teachers are listening and asking questions. Students are invited into discourse with the teacher and with each other. Since inquiry requires a learning community, students are comfortable discussing and disagreeing with one another.
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Inquiry builds on a child’s natural curiosity. The student becomes responsible for his/her learning. Questions that provide the structure for instituting inquiry in the classroom include:
“What do you want to learn about?”
“What do you want to know?”
“Do you know what you don’t know?”
“I wonder _____________________.”
“Do you think_______________________.”
Inquiry is more about process than product. It is about how to formulate questions, how to make
observations, how to develop the thought process. It is finding out how we create knowledge. It is connecting evidence to explanations.
The difference between the interactions between teachers and students doing inquiry is that teachers
are listening and asking questions. Students are invited into discourse with the teacher and with each
other. Since inquiry requires a learning community, students are comfortable discussing and disagreeing with one another.
