Inquiry Strategies
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A Menu of Inquiry Strategies
Introduction
What Are Inquiry Strategies?
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Creating a Climate for Inquiry
Shifting Control: Students as Decision Makers
Creating a Culture of Collaboration
Modeling the Spirit of Science Inquiry
Asking Open-Ended Questions
Factoring In Flexibility
Supporting Productive Discussions
Open-Ended Questions That Inspire Scientific Thinking
General Strategies for Facilitating Discussions
Asking, "How Do We Know What We Know?"
Questions That Help Students Consider Evidence
KWL Chart:
How
Do You Know?
Identifying Sources of Evidence
Generating Questions: The Heart of Inquiry
Cultivating Keen Observers
Categorizing Student Questions
Making and Refining Predictions
Exploring What Scientists Do
A Scientist Is . . .
Thinking Like Scientists
Tuning in to Scientists
Questions That Help Students Tune in to Scientists
Planning Science Investigations
Questions to Help Students Plan Investigations
Framing "Testable" Questions
Homing in on Hypotheses
Gathering Data
Setting Standards for Gathering Data
Representing Data: Charts and Graphs
Making Sense of Data (Findings)
Questions That Help Students Make Sense of Data
Dealing with Unusual Findings
Explaining What Happened
Responding to Misconceptions (and "Wrong" Answers)
Asking, "So What?" The Implications of Research
Critically Reviewing Science Research
Questions That Help Students Critically Review Research
Encouraging Peer Review