An Inquiry Primer

This article is about authentic inquiry. This would be a good article for teachers confusing about real and non-real inquiry. It provides the basic information about the relationship betwee... See More

This article is about authentic inquiry. This would be a good article for teachers confusing about real and non-real inquiry. It provides the basic information about the relationship between who is generating the questions (student vs. teacher), how to initiate inquiry and how to access if authentic inquiry has occurred.

Litmus Test for Inquiry

This article outlines how to do an inquiry type investigation in a high school science classroom. The investigation identified goes through the steps of doing inquiry process with students.... See More

This article outlines how to do an inquiry type investigation in a high school science classroom. The investigation identified goes through the steps of doing inquiry process with students. The authors developed two lists of what inquiry looks like in the classroom-one for teachers and one for students. I think these would be helpful benchmarks to follow.