Defining Inquiry: Exploring the many types of inquiry in the science classroom

Journal Article | January 2002

Different types of lessons and different types of inquiry are used for specific needs in the science classroom. Understanding the different aspects of inquiry can help educators vary the types of teaching and learning…

Science Sampler: Engendering inquiry

Journal Article | August 2008

There is a tendency to underestimate the abilities of students to conduct inquiry due to both inferred and actual student restrictions in the traditional school setting. While some constraints exist for viable safety…

Inquiry, Science Workshop Style

Journal Article | September 2005

Few people are more curious about their worlds than young children. In many published programs, lessons revolve around set questions, with step-by-step directions provided for children to follow. This approach seems…

Enquiry, the Science Teacher, and the Educator

Journal Article | December 1999

What our teachers need to teach is determined, first, by the first that our national need is a dual one. There is an urgent pressing need for an increasing number of fluid enquirers and original engineers. There is also…

Teaching Science Through Inquiry

Journal Article | August 2015

Seven common myths about this time-honored approach.

Inquiry Science and Active Reading

Journal Article | September 2011

The author presents a pair of fifth-grade activities: an inquiry science activity in which students conduct hands-on investigations of force and motion, and a reading activity where they collaboratively analyze a text…