Journey Summary
This session provides the opportunity to further examine the inquiry-based learning task you wrote during The Quest for Inquiry. You will determine the level of inquiry needed, decide how to use learner questions, and review assessment strategies you will include in the inquiry experience you are creating as part of a high-quality lesson.
Curriculum-framing Questions
Essential Question
- How does inquiry impact learning?
Unit Questions
- How can authentic, student-driven lessons meet academic standards?
Content Questions
- What is the role of the learning task in engaging students and encouraging student questions?
- What are the benefits of essential questions?
- What is the purpose of student questions in inquiry?
- What types of assessments can be used to ensure learning?
Introduction
In an inquiry-based experience, student learning is driven by authentic tasks and interests, and engagement is sparked through learner questions. Providing learning opportunities that are student-centered increases student engagement and deepens understanding of concepts. In turn, learners use higher-level thinking to apply learning to a task and problem-solve while meeting district standards.
Theory Behind Practice
All eMINTS materials are grounded in research-based best practices in K-12 education.
Digging Deeper
Agenda
- Opener
- Option 1: Task Analysis
- Option 2: Characteristics of Inquiry
- Authentic & Engaging Tasks
- Developing Essential Questions
- Planning for Student Questioning
- Student Questioning & Inquiry
- Assessing for Understanding
- Closer: Build an Inquiry Critter
Classroom Visit w/Students
Ask your trainer to help implement parts of your inquiry lesson with students or to observe you implementing the lesson and participate in a reflective conversation. Your trainer might assist you with reviewing assessment data from your lesson and making adjustments based upon the feedback.
Classroom Visit w/out Students
Ask your trainer to help implement parts of your inquiry lesson with students or to observe you implementing the lesson and participate in a reflective conversation. Your trainer might assist you with reviewing assessment data from your lesson and making adjustments based upon the feedback.
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