1. Inquiry Based Learning Heartland Community College IDC

2. 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.  http://virtualinquiry.com/inquiry/inquiry1.htm

3. 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." “  http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic43.htm

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

5. 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”

6. 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.  http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/approach/inquiry. asp

7. 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”

8. Inquiry Based Learning  Four Levels of Inquiry –Controlled –Guided –Modeled –Free (School Library Media Activities Monthly, v. 15 no. 6 (February 1999) p. 38-42)

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

10. Inquiry Based Learning  Student Learning Outcomes –Content of Subject –Content in Larger Conceptual Framework –Information Processing Skills –Nurtured Habits of the Mind  http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquir y/index_sub2.html

11. 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?

12. Inquiry Based Learning http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/howto.asp

13. 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

14. Inquiry Based Learning  Question Types –Essential, Elaborating, Clarification, Irrelevant, Irreverent, Hypothetical, Unanswerable, Strategic, Provocative, Telling, Divergent, Probing, Inventive, Planning  http://www.fno.org/oct97/question.html

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

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

17. 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

18. 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  http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquir y/implement_sub2.html

19. Inquiry Based Learning  References –http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic43.htm http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic43.htm –http://virtualinquiry.com/inquiry/inquiry1.htm http://virtualinquiry.com/inquiry/inquiry1.htm –(School Library Media Activities Monthly, v. 15 no. 6 (February 1999) p. 38-42) –http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/ho wto.asp http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/ho wto.asphttp://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/ho wto.asp –http://www.fno.org/oct97/question.html http://www.fno.org/oct97/question.html

20. Inquiry Based Learning  References –http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/i nquiry/implement_sub2.html http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/i nquiry/implement_sub2.htmlhttp://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/i nquiry/implement_sub2.html –http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/index.php3 http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/index.php3 –http://www.galileo.org/tips/essential_questions.h tml http://www.galileo.org/tips/essential_questions.h tmlhttp://www.galileo.org/tips/essential_questions.h tml –http://www.questioning.org/Q7/toolkit.html http://www.questioning.org/Q7/toolkit.html –http://www.queensu.ca/ctl/goodpractice/inquiry/i ndex.html http://www.queensu.ca/ctl/goodpractice/inquiry/i ndex.htmlhttp://www.queensu.ca/ctl/goodpractice/inquiry/i ndex.html