Inquiry-Based Learning
Instead of just presenting the facts, use questions, problems, and scenarios to help students learn through their own agency and investigation.
Using Micro-Inquiry Tasks to Spark Curiosity
These fun, beginning-of-unit assignments encourage students to explore real-world applications of math and science concepts.Exploring Before Explaining Sparks Learning
New elementary science teachers can build student engagement and enhance learning by using the explore-before-explain approach.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Ideas for Teaching Students About Elections, Even in Polarized Times
Students can get timely exposure to the civic process through interesting activities that encourage them to think about important issues..139Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.10 Studies Every Teacher Should Know About
How to integrate the science of reading, plan for effective review sessions with your students, think about inquiry-based learning, and more.
What the Heck Is Inquiry-Based Learning?
Teachers use inquiry-based learning to combat the 鈥渄unno鈥� -- a chronic problem in student engagement. Check out these four steps for creating inquiry-based curriculum.32.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Promoting Authentic Learning With Multimedia Research Projects
Students can actively demonstrate their learning through inquiry-focused projects that promote creativity.聽208Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Using ChatGPT to Support Student-Led Inquiry
Positioning AI as a mentor or simulator of real-world scenarios can promote student inquiry and aid project-based learning.Inquiry-Based Tasks in Social Studies
Assignments聽that are bigger than a lesson and smaller than a unit are a good way to experiment with inquiry-based learning.10.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Use the 5E Model in Your Science Classroom
An inquiry-focused method gives students a way to connect scientific ideas to their experiences and apply their learning.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.7 Strategies to Captivate Students in History Class
These subtle tweaks to lessons can tap into the drama of historical moments and ignite student curiosity.Direct Instruction or Inquiry-Based Learning?聽
It鈥檚 not either/or: Rather than choosing direct instruction or inquiry-based learning, educators strategically use both methods.1.8kYour content has been saved!
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Go to My Saved Content. How to Engage Students in Historical Thinking Using Everyday Objects
Asking students to examine their own possessions聽from the perspective of a historian in the future聽helps them sharpens their analytical skills.3.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Bringing Inquiry-Based Learning Into Your Class
A four-step approach to using a powerful model that increases student agency in learning.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Blending Direct Instruction and Inquiry-Based Learning
When teachers combine the best parts of these two strategies, they create a learning-centered model.970Your content has been saved!
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