Structuring the Level of Inquiry in Your Classroom

As the upcoming school year approaches, many science teachers may be looking for new ways to incorporate inquiry in their classrooms. Fortunately, teachers have an array of inquiry activities at their fingertips. But with so many resources available, it can be challenging for a teacher to make an ed...

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Published in:The Science teacher (National Science Teachers Association) 2008-07, Vol.75 (5), p.38
Main Authors: Fay, Michael E, Bretz, Stacey Lowery
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemistry
Comparative Analysis
Curricula
Experiments
Inquiry
Inquiry method
Laboratories
Lesson Plans
National Standards
Preservice Teacher Education
Science activities
Science Curriculum
Science Education
Science Teachers
Scoring Rubrics
Teaching Methods
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Summary:As the upcoming school year approaches, many science teachers may be looking for new ways to incorporate inquiry in their classrooms. Fortunately, teachers have an array of inquiry activities at their fingertips. But with so many resources available, it can be challenging for a teacher to make an educated decision about which experiments to incorporate into the lesson plans. To help teachers select the most appropriate inquiry activities--which vary widely in the structure provided for students to conduct experiments--this article provides a rubric that can be used to compare experiments and suggests trajectories for structuring inquiry across the curriculum. (Contains 3 figures.)
ISSN:0036-8555
1943-4871
DOI:10.2505/3/tst08_075_05