Inquiry-Based Learning

Instead of just presenting the facts, use questions, problems, and scenarios to help students learn through their own agency and investigation.

Inquiry-Based Learning
Local Issues Make Science Learning Meaningful
Students use scientific inquiry to investigate real-world issues facing their community.
Inquiry-Based Learning
Inquiry and the Research Process
Tips for ensuring that your students’ research fosters genuine inquiry.
Education Equity
Honoring the Innocence of Black Girls
A teacher reconsiders one of his students in light of recent findings on how adults perceive black girls.
Inquiry-Based Learning
Playful Inquiry for Elementary Students
Six suggestions for bringing a key idea from a Reggio Emilia–inspired school to your K–5 classroom.
Communication Skills
Learning to Hook an Audience
The author’s fifth-grade students practiced a variety of skills in order to make 25-minute verbal and visual presentations on their inquiry-based projects.
Student Engagement
Student-Centered Learning: Building Agency and Engagement
Peek inside a high school where teachers act as facilitators and students are directors of their own learning.
Curriculum Planning
Redefining Failure
Why encouraging students to get everything right is the wrong direction.
Inquiry-Based Learning
How to Put Self-Directed Learning to Work in Your Classroom
Student Engagement
Encouraging Students to Own Their Work
Bringing choice into your classroom helps you give your students chances to create work that matters to them.
Communication Skills
Teaching Kids to Move Beyond One-Word Questions
If you’re tired of “why,” use this framework to help your kindergarten students ask specific questions that yield better answers.