Sarah Alleman

Teacher’s Toolkit: Facilitating an inquiry-based science classroom

Tue, Nov 08, 2016 2:19 PM
Helpful Management Solutions

As a preservice teacher, this article is extremely helpful. It walks you through common problems/issues in an inquiry-based classroom. Not only does it tell you what the issues can be, it gives you suggestions on how to overcome the issues or even completely avoid them altogether. This article also gives the reader helpful strategies and procedures that can be implemented in the classroom in order to help your inquiry-based classroom run more smoothly. I really appreciate that the issues, strategies, and procedures discussed in this article can be helpful in any inquiry-based classroom, not just science.

First Graders Can Do Science

Sun, Oct 16, 2016 5:01 PM
Helpful for a Preservice Teacher

This article was extremely helpful because my goal is to become a first grade teacher. The author walks us through the process of helping students create testable questions, organizing their projects, conducting investigations, and preparing and presenting their findings. She even explained how she was able to incorporate writing into the process. When the students completed the process and presented their data, the teacher held a conference with them. While this process seems a bit scary, after reading this article I am much more confident in my ability to create an inquiry based classroom.