Inquiry-Based Learning

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

Using Creative Projects to Help Students Engage With History
When students work with primary source materials, they produce authentic work that both drives and demonstrates their learning.
Laura Lee
The Benefits of Inquiry-Based PD
Giving teachers control over their professional development work boosts engagement and models a practice they can use in the classroom.
Laura Lee
Want Mastery? Let Students Find Their Own Way
Prominent scholars say that to drive deeper learning, students need to become accustomed to confusion—and develop the persistence to find their own answers.
Emily Kaplan
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Putting Students in Charge of Their Learning Journey
By leaving space in their lessons for authentic curiosity to take hold, teachers can enable deeper learning.
What the Heck Is Inquiry-Based Learning?
Teachers use inquiry-based learning to combat the “dunno” -- a chronic problem in student engagement. Check out these four steps for creating inquiry-based curriculum.
Heather Wolpert-Gawron
Inquiry-Based Tasks in Social Studies
Assignments that are bigger than a lesson and smaller than a unit are a good way to experiment with inquiry-based learning.
Andrew Miller
Resources and Downloads to Facilitate Inquiry-Based Learning
Find information, strategies, protocols, and tools to promote curiosity and engage students in asking questions, thinking critically, and solving problems.
Inquiry-Based Learning: The Power of Asking the Right Questions
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.
Georgia K. Mathis
Project-Based Learning Using Disney Movies
Popular movies can be an entry point for students to dig deeper into historical studies.
Sarah Carter
Project-Based Learning vs. Problem-Based Learning vs. X-BL
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.
John Larmer
Using Scientific Pedagogy to Teach History
Employing the scientific method in history instruction can improve comprehension and engagement.
Shana Barnett
Bringing Inquiry-Based Learning Into Your Class
A four-step approach to using a powerful model that increases student agency in learning.
Trevor MacKenzie
Harnessing Students’ Curiosity to Drive Learning
The inquiry-based model calls on students to develop questions to investigate and connect to other content.
Embracing Inquiry-Based Instruction
A veteran teacher shares the frustrations and challenges of this student-centered teaching model—and why she finds it so powerful.
Christi Alper
Inquiry and the Research Process
Tips for ensuring that your students’ research fosters genuine inquiry.
Beth Holland

Inquiry-Based Learning

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Using Creative Projects to Help Students Engage With History

Putting Students in Charge of Their Learning Journey