Scientific Inquiry Meets Storytelling and Filmmaking: Creating Video Lab Reports Using a Project-Based Learning Approach

Journal Article | December 2012

Design, create plan, direct, edit, and produce a video lab report using students' own experimental data.

Writing a Scientific Research ("Testable") Question: The First Step in Using Online Data Sets for Guided Inquiry Assignments

Journal Article | February 2012

This study examines preservice elementary teachers' ability to generate a testable question using data made accessible online through the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and Michigan Sea Grant.

Argument-Driven Inquiry in Physics, Volume 1: Mechanics Lab Investigations for Grades 9–12 (e-book)

eBook | August 2017

Physics teachers—great news! Now there’s a guide to argument-driven inquiry (ADI) especially for you. Like the NSTA Press best-sellers for high school biology and chemistry, this book helps you build your students’…

A Multi-Week Inquiry for an Undergraduate Introductory Biology Laboratory: Investigating Correlations Between Environmental Variables and Leaf Stomata Density

Journal Article | October 1998

Many freshmen students lack sufficient confidence, organizational skills, and content background for open-ended student-directed investigations. In this article, one solution is an intermediate step that retains some of…

The Road to Stress-Free Science Fairs: A long-term approach to learning inquiry takes the stress out of science fairs

Journal Article | August 2006

If the words "science fair" strike fear in your heart, you're not alone. While few disagree that science fair projects have great potential for student learning, the preparation and execution of projects can be…

Argument-Driven Inquiry in Undergraduate Chemistry Labs: The Impact on Students' Conceptual Understanding, Argument Skills, and Attitudes Toward Science

Journal Article | February 2012

This article describes a new instructional model called Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI), which is designed to promote student engagement in processes of investigation design and scientific argumentation. The ADI…

Cultured Inquiry: Students learn about the scientific process and gain critical thinking skills through disc diffusion assays

Journal Article | October 2003

The disc diffusion assay provides a mechanism for students to gain experience conducting scientific inquiry and also gain critical thinking skills. This procedure can be used for guided and authentic inquiry and…

Argument-Driven Inquiry in Physics, Volume 2: Electricity and Magnetism Lab Investigations for Grades 9–12 (e-book)

eBook | March 2020

Are you interested in a three-dimensional approach to helping your high school physics students learn the practices of science, including constructing explanations and engaging in argument from evidence? By using…

Inquiring about Inquiry

Blog Post | April 2018

How beneficial and effective can inquiry-based learning be at the younger elementary school grades (K-2)? What are some ideas for incorporating this type of learning at this level? —K., Wyoming I would argue the…

From cookbook to inquiry

Blog Post | September 2012

The cookbook metaphor is often used to describe confirmatory labs. Much like cooks in a diner or fast-food establishment, students follow a standardized procedure (recipe) to get predictable results. But I suspect…