Inquiry-Based Learning
Instead of just presenting the facts, use questions, problems, and scenarios to help students learn through their own agency and investigation.
Setting Students Up to Grapple With Ideas to Promote Curiosity
Teachers can use inquiry-focused strategies to get students curious about what they’re learning and help ensure that new knowledge sticks.Exploring Before Explaining Sparks Learning
New elementary science teachers can build student engagement and enhance learning by using the explore-before-explain approach.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.When Good Research Gets Implemented Badly
As brilliant ideas move from academic journals into classrooms, many important nuances are lost.Facilitating Student-Centered Work in Upper Elementary
Setting up a successful inquiry elevates the learning experience. Here’s how you can support students in forming their driving question.
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.586.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Guiding Elementary Students to Pose Relevant Questions in Science Class
Students may generate questions that are off-topic or not scientifically useful if given too much latitude in inquiry-based learning, so putting up some guardrails is necessary.653Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.10 Studies Every Teacher Should Know About
How to integrate the science of reading, plan for effective review sessions with your students, think about inquiry-based learning, and more.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.207.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.4 Ways to Encourage Great Questions in the Science Classroom
Here’s how a middle school teacher guides students to proactively ask and answer questions like ‘why does that happen?’1.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.3 Ways to Spark Students’ Interest in New Science Content
Tapping into students’ curiosity at the start of lessons and units can boost their desire to learn the new material.927Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Use the 5E Model in Your Science Classroom
An inquiry-focused method gives students a way to connect scientific ideas to their experiences and apply their learning.73.3kYour content has been saved!
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Go to My Saved Content. Bringing Inquiry-Based Learning Into Your Class
A four-step approach to using a powerful model that increases student agency in learning.149.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.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.149.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Using Direct Instruction to Promote Inquiry
Teachers can support inquiry-based learning by using direct instruction to provide students with the tools they need to understand content.
