Inquiry Based Learning Heartland Community College IDC

Inquiry Based Learning  Definitions –Inquiry is the process of formulating questions, organizing ideas, exploring and evaluating information, analyzing and synthesizing data, and communicating findings and conclusions. 

Inquiry Based Learning  Definitions –“A student-centered, active learning approach focusing on questioning, critical thinking, and problem-solving. It's associated with the idea "involve me and I understand." “ 

Inquiry Based Learning  Socrates  Dewey  J. Richard Suchman-Illinois Studies in Inquiry

Inquiry Based Learning  Key Principles –Driven by learner’s questions not teacher’s –Constructivist-many ways to construct meaning from knowledge and imparting skills is more important than specific information –Metaphor is “surfing the web”

Inquiry Based Learning  Advantages –Adaptable to many types of projects –“Hits” several learning styles –“Hits” multiple skills –Emphasizes Collaborative Learning –Focuses on student examples, knowledge, experiences.  asp

Inquiry Based Learning  Disadvantages –Instructor gives up some control –Demands a lot of preparation time and planning –Perhaps more demands on students to be active learners –Assessment can be difficult –Focus moves away from content vs. process  “How we come to know vs. what we know”

Inquiry Based Learning  Four Levels of Inquiry –Controlled –Guided –Modeled –Free (School Library Media Activities Monthly, v. 15 no. 6 (February 1999) p )

Inquiry Based Learning  Socratic Method and Scientific Method –Observation –Hypothesis formulation –Prediction/Expectation –Test/Experiment/Analysis –Report/Reflect/Critique

Inquiry Based Learning  Student Learning Outcomes –Content of Subject –Content in Larger Conceptual Framework –Information Processing Skills –Nurtured Habits of the Mind  y/index_sub2.html

Inquiry Based Learning  Pre-Planning –What questions do students have?/Topics? –What will be the time frame? –What will be the scope? –Will it tie to other course work and how? –Learning goals?/Level of Inquiry? –Media/Resource/Information needs? –Group work?

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Inquiry Based Learning  Question Types –Factual, Interpretive, Evaluative –Fact, Why, Imagine –Bloom’s: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation –Why, How, Which –Inference, Interpretation, Transfer, Hypothesis

Inquiry Based Learning  Question Types –Essential, Elaborating, Clarification, Irrelevant, Irreverent, Hypothetical, Unanswerable, Strategic, Provocative, Telling, Divergent, Probing, Inventive, Planning 

Inquiry Based Learning  Possible Examples from Your Classes  Questions Worksheet

Inquiry Based Learning  Assessments –Self-Reflection on process –Journals –Traditional Content Based assessments –Application to new problem/topic –Observation and Listening

Inquiry Based Learning  Summary Checklist –Create Learning Objectives –Create Boundaries or Limit Scope –Identify Boundaries and Scope in Discipline –Identify some Specific Content –Identify Resources needed –Anticipate Problems and create plan B –Know your students

Inquiry Based Learning  Summary Checklist (continued) –Create questions and question types –Create On-Going Assessments –Provide Feedback to Students –Connect Activities to Rest of Course –Use Advanced Students as Facilitators –Be Prepared to “Scrap” this Checklist  y/implement_sub2.html

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