Description
What is the strategy?
"Inquiry-based instruction is a student-centered approach where the instructor guides the students through questions posed, methods designed, and data interpreted by the students. Through inquiry, students actively discover information to support their investigations."
(Alper, 2018, Pg 1).
What does this strategy teach ?
Inquiry-based instruction teaches independence and motivation.
How is this used in social studies?
“In social studies, the C3 Framework’s inquiry arc is particularly popular. It involves four dimensions: questioning, applying disciplinary concepts and tools, evaluating sources, and communicating conclusions and taking informed action. Each dimension fosters curiosity, flexibility, and independence, all of which are important for learning in and beyond social studies.
(Brugar & Roberts, 2022, pg 1).
What are limitations?
There is a lack of practical tools as major barriers to implementationing inquiry-based instruction. There is as well a lack of resources. Teachers are finding difficulty finding age-appropriate practices, they did not have enough lesson plans and related resources.
(Martell, 2022)
Who is a proponent of this strategy?
John Dewey is the first to advocate for inquiry-based learning. Dewey believed in child-center learning that were based on real-world experiences.
What is the use of the strategy?
Inquiry-based teaching helps students learn diverse modes of strategies and improves the quality of their deeper thinking.
What does this strategy improve?
The strategy improves self-efficiency, and teachers are able to pay more attention to content.
How is this used in math?
“Kandil et al. [14] discussed the effects of inquiry-based teaching focusing on paper-folding activities on geometric reflection symmetry and self-efficacy of 7th-grade students and showed that inquiry-based teaching focusing on paperfolding activities had significantly positive effects on their geometric reflection symmetry and self-efficacy”
(Fengxuan, 2023, pg 4).
What can students benefit from this strategy?
“Inquiry based learning can help students increase learning efficiency and strengthen their problem-solving abilities”
(Fengxuan, 2023, pg 5).
How does Inquiry-based teaching differ from traditional teaching modes?
“An inquiry-based teaching mode differs from traditional teaching modes, as it pays more attention to help learners make collaborative and independent inquires.”
(Fengxuan, 2023, pg5).
What is the rationale of its use?
The rationale of its use is so that teachers can propose problems that students can solve. Which then students can discover gaps in their knowledge and activate thier thinking.
(Fengxuan, 2023)
What do students learn?
Students learn disciplinary and interdisciplinary skills.
(Brugar & Roberts, 2022).
How is this used in science?
"Almuntasheri et al. [9] carried out a teaching experiment on 167 6th-grade students in Saudi Arabia. Students’ understanding and explanation to density were evaluated through repeated analysis. Results showed that compared with teacher-instruction conditions, students receiving inquiry-based teaching achieved significantly higher conceptual understanding and explanation of density”
(Fengxuan, 2023, pg 4).
What does this strategy develop for students?
Inquiry based learning stimulates curiosity, exploration, and positive communication skills. This strategy also helps students realize their own self-value and are able to learn about developing independence in completing tasks.
What is the history of this strategy?
“Early scholars found that inquiry-based teaching is both conducive to improving the academic performances of primary and secondary school students and is beneficial for them to understand and master the scientific mode and train in scientific psychology.”
(Fengxuan, 2023, pg 3).