Guided Inquiry Alison Chang What is guided inquiry
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❀✿ Guided Inquiry✿❀ �� Alison Chang��
What is guided inquiry? Bloom’s Taxonomy ● Asking your student a series of questions to lead them to answer their own question ● Promotes learning through student investigation ● This will engage them in problem solving and critical thinking evaluation synthesis analysis application comprehension knowledge
The Hopes and Dreams of Guided Inquiry You want your students to. . . Absorb Analyze Understand
How you should approach it ● Recall basic facts of subject ○ You know way more than they do, so reflect on what you know and back it up to the beginning ● Be (or at least appear) interested in their question and being in lab ○ Paying close attention and responding in a positive tone will encourage the student to engage in the conversation ○ There is no dumb question ● Positive reinforcement ○ Give students good, verbal feedback if they figure something out on their own. That way they will likely repeat the behavior ● Patiently ○ Some students might just not get it. No need to get frustrated because they’re probably frustrated that they can’t understand it.
What you don’t want to do ● Straight up give your students the answer ○ This never leads to success in students and they will come back for more answers ● Don’t have a condescending tone ○ “Don’t you already know this? ” “This is easy. ” “Obviously…” ○ Condescending language deters student from engaging in the future ● Tell them to figure it out on their own ○ Then what’s the point of being there as a TA? ● Get frustrated because they can’t understand you ○ Change up your language and ask the same question in different ways/approach it from a different angle ○ Or back up to the basic details of the question and build-up from there
General Chemistry Lab example Students perform or witness a series of reactions and write down their observations and figure out what’s happening. Mg(s) + 2 HCl(aq) → Mg 2+(aq) + 2 Cl-(aq) + H 2(g)
Break Out Rooms Each room will be given an example: Come up with scenarios and questions that you would ask if your student had to perform the experiment assigned to you.
Liquid-liquid extraction example If your student asks you which layer to keep, how would you teach this process to your students? What factors do you have to consider for this process?
TLC Analysis of a crude sample Your students ask you why using different solvents results in different spots. How do you guide them to figure this out on their own? What factors do you have to consider for this process?
Organic Chemistry Lecture example Draw out the mechanism for the following reaction: Your student doesn’t know where to start. How do you lead them to the answer? What factors do you have to consider for this process?
