Fostering Inquiry in Nonlaboratory Settings

by: Ella Ingram, Elizabeth Lehman, Alan C. Love, and Kelly Myer Polacek

Inquiry is an important learning strategy, even for students who cannot or do not perform actual experiments. The authors describe two activities, other than experimentation, that they used in introductory biology learning groups to emphasize inquiry abilities. They also provide recommendations for creating additional inquiry activities.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2004Stock # jcst04_034_01_39Volume 034Issue 01

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