Editor’s Note: Selecting Inquiry Investigations

by: Linda Froschauer

The National Science Education Standards (NSES) specifically addresses the frequency with which teachers should incorporate inquiry as a strategy in their science classrooms. “Although the Standards emphasize inquiry, this should not be interpreted as recommending a single approach to science teaching. Teachers should use different strategies to develop knowledge, understandings, and abilities described in the content standards. However, there is no one right way to instruct students. Rather, their instruction should be through a variety of strategies, selected based on current student understanding, their value in the continuum of learning, the goals of the lesson, and available resources.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 2/1/2011Stock # sc11_048_06_6Volume 048Issue 06

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Arlene Jurewicz Leighton
Arlene Jurewicz Leighton

Inquiry can be approached in many ways

Science and Children editor Linda Froschauser introduces this issue citing resources used to define and discuss tjhat inquiry can take many forms. I too liked the definition developed b... See More

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Ruth Friedlander-Levantis (Pleasant Valley, NY)

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