Inquiry Research Quick Review of Inquiry In your

Inquiry Research

Quick Review of Inquiry In your table groups, consider the following questions and try to come up with an answer What is inquiry? What are the basics of inquiry? What kinds of questions are best for inquiry project?

Asking Good Questions There are three main kinds of questions Factual, have only one right answer Interpretive, have more than one answer but must be supported by evidence Evaluative questions, ask for an opinion, belief, or point of view so they have no wrong answers

Structure of Good Questions like “tell me…” or “Describe for me…” are very prescriptive, and take away control of the learning process Open ended questions are best for learning situations Try to avoid yes/no questions because they’re often a dead end

Open ended questions Invite opinions, encourage participation, stimulate discussion (either with others or simply in your own mind) What are some examples of good questions that we can come up with?

Quick Break During the break please come a sign up for a current events date Handout will explain what is expected, very similar to what you’ve already done for Mr. Chase

Inquiry Project Research Using the computers, and based on the project handout, I want you to come up with an inquiry topic question around your interest in a particular aspect of Environmental Geography After you have come up with a question, I want you to research and find 2 sources that you will use to answer your question

Inquiry Project Research 2 By the end of class, I will be going around to make sure each of you has a good inquiry questions, and two sources you will use to answer that question Please take notes on the sources, and have them cited in Chicago format

Questions If you have questions feel free to ask