Inquiry-Based Learning

In planning project-based learning units, teachers can maximize students’ time together by focusing on collaboration and feedback.

When students work with primary source materials, they produce authentic work that both drives and demonstrates their learning.

Giving teachers control over their professional development work boosts engagement and models a practice they can use in the classroom.

By leaving space in their lessons for authentic curiosity to take hold, teachers can enable deeper learning.

Assignments that are bigger than a lesson and smaller than a unit are a good way to experiment with inquiry-based learning.

Prominent scholars say that to drive deeper learning, students need to become accustomed to confusion—and develop the persistence to find their own answers.

Find information, strategies, protocols, and tools to promote curiosity and engage students in asking questions, thinking critically, and solving problems.

An inquiry-based curriculum requires both planning and flexibility, as well as a teacher knowing the students well enough to anticipate their interests and limits.

Popular movies can be an entry point for students to dig deeper into historical studies.

John Larmer of the Buck Institute for Education clears up any confusion on the difference between project-based learning, problem-based learning, and whatever-else-based learning.

A four-step approach to using a powerful model that increases student agency in learning.

Tips for ensuring that your students’ research fosters genuine inquiry.

Employing the scientific method in history instruction can improve comprehension and engagement.

A veteran teacher shares the frustrations and challenges of this student-centered teaching model—and why she finds it so powerful.