INQUIRY AND

RESEARCH
INQUIRY – to look for
information by asking
various questions
about the thing you
are curious about
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RESEARCH
RESEARCH – to
discover truths by
investigating on your
chosen topic
scientifically.
A. NATURE OF
INQUIRY
1. INQUIRY – a
learning process that
motivates you to
obtain knowledge or
information about
people, things, places,
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1. Investigating or
asking questions
about something
you are inquisitive
about
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2. Collect data,
meaning, facts, and
information about
the object of your
inquiry and
examine such data
carefully.
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3. Execute varied
thinking strategies
that range from
lower-order to
higher-order
thinking skills
(inferential, critical,
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2. INQUIRY – a problem-
solving technique acting
like a scientist by
imagining, speculating,
interpreting, criticizing
and creating something
of what you discovered.
FOUNDATIONS OF
INQUIRY
1. John Dewey’s
theory of connected
experiences for
exploratory and
reflexive thinking.
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INQUIRY
2. Lev Vygotsky’s
Zones of Proximal
Development (ZPD)
that stresses the
essence of
provocation and
scaffolding in
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INQUIRY
3. Jerome Bruney’s
theory on learners’
varied world
perceptions for their
own interpretative
thinking of people and
things around them.
ELEMENTS OF
INQUIRY
1. Changing
knowledge
2. Creativity
3. Subjectivity
4. Socio-cultural
factors
5. Sensory
experiences
INQUIRY-BASED
LEARNING
1. Elevates
interpretative
thinking through
graphic skills
2. Improves student
learning abilities
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LEARNING
3. Widens learner’s
vocabulary
4. Facilitates problem-
solving acts
5. Increases social
awareness and
cultural knowledge
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LEARNING
6. Encourages
cooperative learning
7. Provides mastery of
procedural knowledge
8. Encourages higher-
order thinking skills
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LEARNING
9. Hasten conceptual
understanding