Exploring Inquiry Based Approach

True or False: Teachers need to develop a standards-based essential question, then open the conversation up to students.

• True
• False

A learning engagement where students are given a set problem to solve without any room for questions or exploration is considered inquiry-based learning.

• True
• False

Completing a detailed worksheet with specific questions and answers is a typical example of inquiry-based learning.

• True
• False

How could you use inquiry process in your curricular planning?

• A) To increase engagement in my content area and build literacy skills
• B) To allow for peer/leadership opportunities for students
• C) To use multimedia, multigenre, multilevel, and mulitcultural sources
• D) All of the Above

How does inquiry-based learning promote higher-order thinking?

• A) It teaches grit, perseverance, growth mindset, and self-regulation
• B) It enables students to take ownership over their own learning and to reach their goals.
• C) A & B
• D) It doesn't promote higher-order thinking.

In an inquiry-based project, students are asked to investigate the effects of different variables on plant growth. What is this an example of?

• A structured lecture

• A research paper

• A hands-on inquiry-based experiment

• A pre-made activity with no student input

When conducting a survey as part of an inquiry-based learning project, what is a key outcome students should achieve?

• Collecting data to validate their hypothesis

• Completing the survey as quickly as possible

• Asking predetermined questions without variation

• Avoiding analysis of the collected data

Choose any one learning engagements [field trip, survey, expert interview, science experiment, inquiry journal, role play, digital storytelling, simulation, community projects] and explain how it can be integrated into an inquiry-based learning approach.

Which activity allows students to explore different perspectives and develop their own conclusions through inquiry?

• Listening to a guest speaker's lecture

• Participating in a debate on a current event

• Completing a multiple-choice test on historical facts

• Filling out a pre-printed worksheet

Which of these activities involves students gathering and analyzing data as part of an inquiry-based learning engagement?

• Reading a chapter from a textbook

• Conducting a survey and analyzing the results

• Taking notes from a teacher's presentation

• Completing a fill-in-the-blank exercise