PRACTICAL

RESEARCH 1
LESSON 1
LABO NHS | 2024
NATURE OF
INQUIRY
LESSON 1
LABO NHS | 2024
OBJECTIVES
1. USE SOME NEW WORDS IN A SENTENCE
2. EXPLAIN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE
TERM, “INQUIRY”
3. ENUMERATE THE BENEFITS OF INQUIRY-
BASED LEARNING
IDENTIFY A QUESTION AS SIMPLE OR COMPLEX
BASED ON THE KIND OF THINKING IT ELICITS
FROM
ACTIVITY 1: MAKING WORDS MEANINGFUL
DIRECTIONS: INDIVIDUAL WORK.
COMPLETE THE BUBBLE GRAPH OR
CONCEPT MAP BY WRITING WORDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORD GIVEN. BE
GUIDED BY THE CLUES IN THE
SENTENCES BELOW EACH GRAPH.
 INQUIRE

The detectives need more time to inquire about the case.

 CRUCIAL

The witness statement is crucial to the solution of the case.

 GUARANTEE

The continuous presence of your name on the Dean’s List guarantees a

good future for you.
ACTIVITY 2
DIRECTIONS: USE AT LEAST 1 NEW WORD IN A
SENTENCE AND WRITE THEM ON YOUR
NOTEBOOK.

EXAMPLE: WEARING A LIFE JACKET IS VITAL

WHEN ENGAGING IN WATER ACTIVITIES TO
ENSURE SAFETY AND PREVENT ACCIDENTS.
 MEANING OF INQUIRY

Inquiry is a learning process that motivates you to

obtain knowledge or information about people,
things, places, or events.
 MEANING OF INQUIRY

You do inquiry by investigating or asking questions

about something you are inquisitive about.
 MEANING OF INQUIRY

It requires you to collect data, meaning, facts, and

information, about the object of your inquiry, and
examine such data carefully.
 MEANING OF INQUIRY

In your analysis, you execute varied thinking

strategies that range from lower order to higher
order thinking skills such as inferential, integrative,
and creative thinking.
 MEANING OF INQUIRY

In your analysis, you execute varied thinking

strategies that range from lower order to higher
order thinking skills such as inferential, integrative,
and creative thinking.
Inferential Thinking:
Making educated guesses or conclusions based on
available information rather than relying solely on
what is explicitly stated.
Integrative Thinking:
Bringing together different ideas, perspectives, or
information to form a cohesive understanding or
solution.
Critical Thinking:
Analyzing and evaluating information, arguments,
or situations in a logical and systematic way to
make well-informed decisions.
Creative Thinking:
Generating innovative and original ideas by
thinking outside the box, making connections, and
exploring unconventional solutions.
Whatever knowledge you have about your world
bears the influence of your cultural, sociological,
institutional, or ideological understanding of the
world (Badke, 2012)
Governing Principles or Foundation of Inquiry

• John Dewey’s theory of connected experiences

for exploratory and reflective thinking
Governing Principles or Foundation of Inquiry

2. Lev Vygotsky’s Zone or Proximal Development

(ZPD) that stresses the essence of provocation and
scaffolding in learning
Governing Principles or Foundation of Inquiry

3. Jerome Bruner’s theory on learner’s varied

world perceptions for their own interpretative
thinking of people and things around them.
BENEFITS OF INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING

• Elevates interpretative thinking through graphic

skills
• Improves student learning abilities
• Widen learner’s vocabulary
BENEFITS OF INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING

4. Facilitates problem-solving acts

5. Increases social awareness and cultural
knowledge
6. Encourages cooperative learning
BENEFITS OF INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING

7. Provides mastery of procedural knowledge

8. Encourages higher thinking strategies
9. Hastens conceptual understanding
QUESTIONS
&

ANSWERS
1. How do you learn something through inquiry?
2. Why is inquiry a scientific way of thinking?
3. In your opinion, is inquiry an effective learning method? Why or
why not?
How does inquiry help you to level up your thinking from simple to
higher-order thinking skills?
Form a group of four members. Choose any of the following group
activities:
1. Speculations: Recall the hottest issue in town. Prove how
inquisitive you are by raising top-level probing questions.
2. Role-Playing: Two will act as police authorities investigating a
criminal case while the other two will play the role of suspected
law violators. Ask probing questions.
Activity: Speculations

Discussion:
• Alice: What are the primary causes and consequences of the environmental
issue in our town?
• Bob: How do different stakeholders, such as the local government, businesses,
and community members, contribute to or combat this issue?
• Charlie: Can we identify any potential long-term solutions to address the
environmental problem sustainably?
• David: What role can individual citizens play in raising awareness and actively
participating in resolving the issue?
ACTIVITY: Individual work (1/4 sheet of paper)
The following questions require more complex thinking while some demand simple
or less thinking. Put a check (/) on the questions that need complex thinking and (x)
on those that trigger simple and less thinking.

1. What is the color of your gown?

2. Who bought your gown?
3. Why are some graduating students not willing
to wear gowns?
4. Which memo are you talking about?
5. Do you agree that Mr. Cruz was the one who
wrote the memo?
6. Which article seems intriguing to the
graduate?
7. What is inside the pocket of the green gown?
8. Who owns the gown?
9. How can the gown make you look more
attractive?
10. Should you wear a gown during the
graduation ball?
 THANK
YOU

Jacqueline C. Pandi | Labo NHS | 2/6/2024