THE NATURE AND

CHARACTERISTICS
OF RESEARCH

Prepared by:
MELINA VISTA-KAHULUGAN
The Nature of
Inquiry
Objectives:
The students will be able to:
 To describe the nature of inquiry by doing
mind mapping
 Collaborate with the group they belong
by sharing their ideas on the topic chosen
of the group.
 To give Yes clap on each presentation of
the group.
 Group Activity: Let’s Think (Mind
Map)
 Think of your general main theme and write
that down in the center of the page. i.e. Food
 Figure out sub-themes of your main concept
and draw branches to them from the center,
beginning to look like a spider web i.e. Meats,
Dairy, Breads
 Make sure to use very short phrases or even
single words
 Add images to invoke thought or get the
message across better
 Try to think of at least two main points for each
sub-theme you created and create branches out
to those
 Group Presentation
 Template: 10
 Clarity: 10
 Substance: 10
TOTAL: 30
Reporting of output
Processing:

What have you

learned from mind
mapping activity?
Processing:

How does it help us

to get information?
Processing:

What attitude must

we acquire in order
to gain information?
 Nature of Inquiry
Learning – a way of obtaining
knowledge about the surroundings
which can be acquired in many ways.
Inquiry – is a way to acquire knowledge.
Inquiry – is a learning process that
motivates you to obtain knowledge or
information about people, things, places
or events.
Inquiry – is a problem-solving technique
How do we do inquiry?
Investigation
Asking questions
Interview
Research

KEY:
QUESTION
Inquiry requires of the following:
 Collect data
 Meaning
 Facts
 Information
 Careful examination of data
 Analysis
Thinking strategies(LO-HOTS)
 Inferential thinking
 Critical thinking
 Integrative thinking
 Creative thinking
(top level thinking strategies for an
active learning process)
 Inferential thinking
 is the ability to process
written information and
understand the
underlying meaning of
the text.
Critical Thinking
the objective analysis
and evaluation of an
issue in order to form
a judgment.
Integrative Thinking
 Isthe ability to face constructively
the tension of opposing ideas and,
instead of choosing one at the
expense of the other, generate a
creative resolution of the tension in
the form of a new idea that contains
elements of the opposing ideas but
is superior to each."
- Roger Martin
Creative Thinking
 An Essential Skill for the 21st
Century.
 It is a way to look at and solve
problems from a different
perspective, avoiding orthodox
solutions and thinking outside
the box.
Inquiry: A Problem Solving
Technique
Experiences
Imagining
Speculating
Interpreting
Criticizing
Creating
Governing principles of Inquiry

John Dewey’s Theory

of connected
experiences for
exploratory and
reflective thinking
Governing principles of Inquiry
Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of
Proximal Development
(ZPD) that stresses the
essence of provocation and
scaffolding in learning;
Governing principles of Inquiry

Jerome Bruner’s theory

on learner’s varied
world perceptions for
their own interpretative
thinking of people and
things around them
 Inquiry is a way to acquire
information about people,
things, events, places. This is an
effective way of learning
process. Being inquisitive
needs to have the HOTS
thinking.
APPLICATION
“WHO’S WHO?
 Each group will receive a copy of
Inferential Activity.
 Groups will collaboratively answer
the question “Which job does each
man perform?”.
 After the time, the chart will be
collected or posted on board.
Evaluation
Each group will present the
accomplished task through
reporting in front of the
class with the maximum of
2 minutes
Criteria 20 15 10 5
Timelin Submitted on Submitted Late to submit Late
ess time and on time but but and the submission,
posted it on the content content is answered
board, the is lacking of lacking of only 2
content is information information.
complete
Organiz Very Organized Explained The content
ation of organized and and briefly is
thought explained explained disorganized
s briefly with briefly
clarity
Correct All match the Only 3 are Only 2 are Only 1 is
match answer correctly correctly correctly
matched matched matched.