Resources+Inquiry+Based+Teaching

==Reading through a disciplinary lens: I thought you would be interested in this article written by some educators from Stanford's School of Education, Reading Through a Disciplinary Lens. No doubt, we have all heard about "writing across the curriculum." These authors write about the importance of "reading across the curriculum." Actually, the article is deeper than the quick image I painted. It explores what readers can learn (helping them comprehend and go deeper into the text) when they explore a text as a "scientist," "writer," or "historian." Without trying to explain it any more, give a read if you are interested. I do think that if we carefully select our texts, whether in English, history, science, math, etc., we can help students become more critical readers if we understand what the authors are writing about. . In this article the authors also make the case for an inquiry approach to more in-depth reading of a text. I think it would have applications to your work in the cohort. (Ryshke) == = = =Helpful Tips from the Cohort for Implementing Inquiry as presented at Joint Meeting (Feb. 24)=

= = =Articles from Aug. 22 Meeting=

Professional Learning Communities
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Articles/Links Posted by Facilitators (for October meeting)
[]= This link provides a searchable database of some inquiry lessons. Some are better than others, but many of you are looking for tangible evidence of some lessons to help you in creating your own. This is a good place to look.

[] This link takes you to a page that tackles our question about how to assess in inquiry units. It offers a range of ideas and examples.

[] The Art of Questioning

[] Promoting Student Inquiry: This article goes into some more detail about the process and how to engage student while discussing questioing techniques

[] An example from a high school Science teacher.

[] Research about the effectiveness of Inquiry and collaborative learning.

This article offers some common arguments against or concerns about student-centered instruction in general. It offers responses to each.

Articles/Links Posted by Participants
posted by Chanley

posted by Kasele

http://www.dialogos.com/resources/files/systhink.pdf posted by Audra

Narrative Centered Tutorial Planning for Inquiry Based Environments http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/bwmott/papers/crystal-island-its-06.pdf

[] posted by Kasele

"It's Not What We Teach; It's What They Learn" by Alfie Kohn [] Alfie has some very progressive ideas sometimes and he can be very polarizing, but I guess I like that..... Posted by Jonathan posted by Aruna

http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/approach/inquiry.asp posted by R. Farrell

Posted by Chanley

Here is a short video clip of a teacher talking about the value of inquiry-based teaching (7 min) media type="custom" key="4495546" Here is a link to a video from the University of Minnesota with a great classroom design. This would be ideal for the inquiry method - kind of like a modern Harkness Table! [] Posted by Jonathan

[|Letting Students Ask the Qutestions - and Answer Them]

Posted by Jonathan 10-12-09 See Discussions for a summary.

"Ethical Thinking And The Teaching of History" http://www.cceia.org/resources/transcripts/926.html Posted by Bernadette A great resource for using inquiry to promote discussions about ethics in history

[|The Role of Socratic Questioning in Thinking, Teaching, & Learning] Posted by Martha An interesting analysis of how questions drive thinking and the create the context for systems of knowledge

[] Posted by Lyndsey My school had a professional develepment session around this that I thought was excellent. SS (Socratic Seminars), if done properly, allows students the opportunity to run their own fruitful conversation surrounding a certain topic.

[|Inquiry] Posted by Regina This article is about changing your teaching style to your students learning style.

posted by Audra Posted by Aruna Summary is posted on discussion page.

[|Inquiry Research] Posted by Regina =**Classroom Resources**=

[] - This is an excellent resource for Problem Based Learning activities - Aruna

[|http://www.indiana.edu/~oso/inq.htm] -provide more examples on IBL (inquiry based learning) -Lyndsey

[|Buffalo Case Studies] A great website with case studies for teaching science. I have found that some are better than others, but often adapt the weaker ones to fit my curriculum (Chanley) pogil.org (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning). Good website for inquiry handouts for high school Biology and Chemistry teachers.

Here is a resource on using I-Search in an English classroom as a project or lesson that builds in an inquiry model.



Action Research (Inquiry)

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Posted by Aruna

=Book Reviews by Cohort Member= =s= Llewellyn, Douglas. 2002. __Inquire Within: Implementing Inquiry-based Science Standards__. Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks, Ca. 174pp. Reviewed by Jonathan **Joseph Polman (2000) Designing Project Based Science: Connecting Learners through Guided Inquiry, Teachers College Press, New York.** Reviewed by Chanley Bach, Richard and Myers, Jamie. Inquiry Based English Instruction: Engaging Students in Life and Literature. Reviewed by Bernadette May-Beaver.

Gallagher-Bolos, Jona A. and Smithenry, Dennis W. //Teaching Inquiry-Based Chemistry: Creating Student-Led Scientific Communities// 2004, 120pg ISBN 0-325-00671-7, Reviewed by Aruna Kailasa

[[file:Teaching Inquiry Based Chemistry.doc]]
A Review of //Better Teaching through Structured Learning// by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey. (Martha Caldwell, reviewer) 

Llewellyn, Douglas (2005) __Teaching High School Science Through Inquiry: A Case Study Approach__. Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks, CA.; 210pp. ISBN 0-7619-3938-5, Reviewed by Audra Brown Ward