What is
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'Inquiry is the dynamic process of being open to wonder and puzzlements and coming to know and understand the world' (Alberta Learning, 2004).
'Simply put, inquiry is the personal path of questioning, investigating, and reasoning that takes us from not knowing to knowing' (Ferlazzo & Boss, 2015). |
What is
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'Inquiry-based learning is a process where students are involved in their learning, create essential questions, investigate widely, and then build new understandings, meanings and knowledge. That knowledge is new to the students and may be used to answer their essential questions, to develop a solution, or to support a position or point of view. The knowledge is usually presented to others and may result in some sort of action' (Alberta Learning, 2004).
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INQUIRY IN
There are a number of Curriculum learning areas that are underpinned by an inquiry-based approach to learning. This is most evident in The Humanities (History and Geography) and in the Sciences. Inquiry is hinted at in the K-10 Mathematics strand of Statistics and Probability (data representation and interpretation).
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TYPES OF
Trevor MacKenzie in his book 'Dive into Inquiry' (2016) talks about the Types of Student Inquiry being a scaffolded approach to inquiry in the classroom, one that gradually increases student agency over learning whilst providing learners with the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to be successful in their inquiry.
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Without the Types of Student Inquiry, students will not feel as confident, supported, or empowered through their inquiry journey. |
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Concept routines are effective tools to help make students' thinking visible during the inquiry process. They are also valuable assessment tools as they assist teachers in gathering data used to set-up and drive future investigations.
The following are some examples of useful Concept Routines:
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