INQUIRY BASED LEARNING What defines inquiry 3 types

INQUIRY BASED LEARNING What defines inquiry? 3 types of inquiry Reflecting on unit plans & lesson plans

A tool to help us with our learning… Clock partners Using the clock template given; find different partner for each time. Write their name on your clock. Write your name on their clock. Pei Xuan Evelyn

CSI Colour / symbol / image Think 1 / Think 2 What can you recall about Inquiry?

Definition of Inquiry • Silent reading & Highlighting of keywords (10 mins) • Diamond making by choosing 9 most important words (5 mins) • General statement about inquiry (10 mins)

Inquiry is……

Types of Inquiry (10 mins)

Types of Inquiry based instruction represents a broad range of instructional possibilities. Some characteristics of different types of inquiry: Open Inquiry: Students make almost all of the decisions. There is little or no additional guidance.

Types of Inquiry Guided Inquiry: Students make choices in the inquiry. Student’s choices lead to deeper understanding guided by some structure given by the leader.

Types of Inquiry Structured inquiry: Students make choices in the inquiry which are dependent upon guidelines and structure given by the leader. Amount of structure may vary depending on the outcome desired and assessments.

Types of Inquiry In all types of inquiry based instruction, there may be variations depending on the particular inquiry, but student questions are always valued in authentic ways.

High teacher control Structured Inquiry Guided Inquiry Low Student Initiative High Student Initiative Laissez-Faire/ Anything Goes Open Inquiry Low teacher control

In-group Activity (15 mins) Look into your current unit planner/ lesson plan Identify any type of inquiry used (open/ guided/ structured) Sharing in group

Open Sharing (15 mins) Two Stars and A Wish

Wonder Wall (10 mins) 2 questions 1 challenge

Essential Agreements (5 mins) We will ……