Inquiry And The Learning Cycle

by: Jessica Fries-Gaither and Terry Shiverdecker

Inquiry instruction combines the teaching of scientific content with the development of scientific practices. Inquiry-based instruction has five essential features that occur along an inquiry continuum. In this chapter, the authors review the five features of inquiry, along with descriptions of the teacher-student relationships for each end of the continuum as well as describing their approach.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 10/20/2012Stock # PB325X_2

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