Inquire Within : Implementing Inquiry-Based Science Standards

by Llewellyn, Douglas

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9780761977452

ISBN10:

0761977457

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Pub. Date:

7/1/2001

Publisher(s):

Corwin Pr

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Summary

The author teaches a method of learning in science that is inquiry-based and that involves a process of asking questions, exploring, and making the connections that lead to understanding and discovery.

Preface

Why Inquiry? Why Now?

Who Should Read This Book?

Contents

Acknowledgments

xii

About the Author

What Is Inquiry?

(16)

What the Experts Say

(2)

What the Exploratorium Means by Inquiry

(1)

What the National Science Education Standards Say About Inquiry

(1)

What the American Association for the Advancement of Science Says About Inquiry

(1)

Myths About Inquiry-Based Learning

(3)

Inquiry as a Thinking Skill

(1)

``Inquiring With Fruit''

(2)

The Inquiry Cycle

(3)

A Definition of Inquiry

(1)

Learning Through Inquiry

(12)

Exploring Ice Hands

(4)

Planning an Investigation

(1)

Carrying Out the Plan

(3)

Organizing the Data

(1)

Communicating the Results

(3)

Conclusion

(2)

What Is Constructivism?

(24)

Developing a Mind-Set for Inquiry

(1)

What Is Constructivism?

(1)

Constructivist Learning Model

(1)

The Conceptual Change Model

(1)

Can I Change My Mind?

(1)

Misconceptions: What You Know May Not Be So

(2)

Where Do Misconceptions Come From?

(2)

Comparing the Earth and the Moon

(1)

How Far Is the Moon?

(1)

Why Teach to Misconceptions?

(1)

Uncovering Misconceptions in Science

(1)

Historical Development of Constructivism

(5)

Constructivism Today

(1)

Back to the Ice Hands

(1)

Constructivist Classrooms

(1)

How Scientists Do Science

(3)

How Children Learn

(2)

The Child as a Scientist

(1)

Teaching Science Through Inquiry

(2)

Designing Inquiry-Based Classrooms

(10)

Traditional and Inquiry-Centered Classrooms

(1)

Building a Definition for an Inquiry-Centered Classroom

(1)

Students in Inquiry-Centered Classrooms

(2)

Students Acting as Researchers

(1)

Students Working in Groups

(1)

Students Using Higher-Level Thinking Skills

(1)

Students Showing Interest in Science

(1)

Teachers in an Inquiry-Centered Classroom

(1)

An Inquiry-Centered Classroom

(3)

Integrating Inquiry-Based Activities

(16)

Promoting Student Inquiries

(1)

Invitation to Inquiry

(1)

Demonstrations

(1)

Discrepant Events

(1)

``Happy and Unhappy Balls''

(1)

Activities

(2)

Teacher-Initiated Inquiries

(1)

Student-Initiated Inquiries

(1)

Guiding Students Into Inquiry

(7)

Modifying an Activity Into an Inquiry Investigation

(2)

Planning for Inquiry

(1)

Why the Scientific Method Is Important

(11)

The Scientific Method

(3)

``Exploring Momentum With Ramps and Balls''

(3)

A Word of Caution

(1)

Scientific Problem Solving

(1)

Scientific Problem Solving Versus Inquiry

(1)

A Model for Scientific Problem Solving

(2)

Why We Do Scientific Problem-Solving Activities

(1)

What Is the Learning Cycle?

(17)

What Is the Learning Cycle?

(2)

``Mealworms to Go'': A Student-Initiated Inquiry

(6)

Authentic Assessments

(1)

Portfolios

(1)

Rubrics

100

(1)

Monitoring Charts

101

(1)

Concept Maps

101

(1)

Self-Evaluations

101

(2)

Celebrating Learning

103

(1)

Summary of an Inquiry Unit

103

(4)

Skills and Knowledge of Inquiry-Based Teachers

107

(20)

Inquiry 101

107

(1)

It's Electric!

108

(1)

Your First Try at Inquiry

108

(1)

Commitment

109

(1)

An Inquiry Rubric

109

(1)

An Inquiry Self-Assessment Survey

110

(4)

Evaluating Your Responses

114

(2)

Bugs-o-Copters

116

(1)

How Many ``What If'' and ``I Wonder'' Questions Can You Think Of?

117

(1)

Becoming an Inquiry Teacher

118

(9)

Using Questioning Skills in Inquiry

127

(11)

Questions: The Language of Inquiry

127

(1)

Why You Can't Investigate a ``Why'' Question

128

(1)

Classroom Questions

128

(3)

Wait-Time

131

(1)

Answering Questions and Questioning Answers

131

(3)

Types of Questions

134

(1)

Interaction of Questioning

135

(3)

Inquiry-Based Teachers Describe the Process

138

(9)

Danielle Dzinbal

138

(3)

Lucia Falsetti Guarino

141

(5)

Summary

146

(1)

Resource A: Inquiry Resources for Teachers

147

(11)

Resource B: Inquiry Self-Assessment Response Grids

158

(4)

Resource C: Inquiry Self-Assessment Summary Matrix

162

(1)

Resource D: Diagrams for Short-Eared and Long-Eared Bugs-o-Copters

163

(2)

Resource E: How to Make a Cartesian Driver

165

(1)

References

166

(3)

Author Index

169

(2)

Subject Index

171

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