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Inquiry Model

Name:

Is about

Date:
April

2, 2015

Students manipulate problems to come to a deep understanding of subject matter.

Main idea

Main idea

Theory
John Dewy and Vygotsky.
Inquiry is the process of
asking questions and
systematically answering
them based on facts and
observations. The main goal
is for students to learn how to
systematically design
investigations. The theory of
this model is that all people
are social learners.

Planning
1.

2.

Identify Inquiry question

and learning objectivesTeachers must plan
carefully in order to guide
students in this process.
You must design a
question that must involve
a variable that can be
manipulated and an effect
that can be measured.
Also specify the learning
objective. Solving the
specific Inquiry problem
and learning the critical
thinking skills associated
with inquiry will always
be the learning objective.
Planning for data
gathering- Strategies for
gathering data will come
from the students. Have
all supplies that will be
needed ready.

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Implementing
1.

2.

3.

4.

Identify questionsIdentify a question that the

students will have to
answer.
Generate hypothesisStudents will generate a
hypothesis that they think
will answer the question.
Gather and display dataStudents gather data
related to the hypothesis
and get it ready to be
analyzed.
Assess hypotheses and
generalize- Teacher
guided discussion on the
results and how they do or
do not support their
hypothesis. Then students
generalize results based on
the results of their
hypothesis.

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Motivation/Assessment
/Modification

Modification- Provide
considerable amount of guidance
for younger students or
inexperienced students.
Information should be designed
for the age group you are
teaching.
Assessment for this model would
be a checklist, observations, or
case studies. You can use both
group and individual assessments
Motivation is that this model will
invoke curiosity, challenge,
involvement, and autonomy.
Student autonomy increases when
students have choices in deciding
what to do and how to do it.

So what? What is important to understand about this?

This model not only helps students learn about content but also to become systematic learners and questioners. It also helps
students think critically about real world issues.