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Kimberly Harper

Date:

10/29/2013

Inquiry Model
A model that helps students with the Scientific Method.
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1. Identify Question or Problem and Specify Learning Objectives Identify a problem or question that is appropriate and can be manipulated and a effect that can be measured. Learning objectives for this model are learning critical thinking skills, solving the problem, and finding relationships within concept. 2. Plan for Data Gathering Ideally, the strategies for gathering data will come from your students. Younger students may need guidance. Teacher should plan how students are going to conduct experiment, and provide resources accordingly.

This model is important because

Phase 1: Identify Question Similar assessments may Identify a question that will attract be used as the Problem student's attention but also be Based Learning Model: challenging. Ideally, a question will emerge naturally or teacher can identify problem herself. -Teacher should monitor Question should be stated and students throughout lesson displayed clearly. to ensure they are on track. Phase 2: Generate Hypotheses -Alternative assessments are Students must next attempt to good because they provide answer the question and formulate hypotheses. teachers with a way of Phase 3: Gather and Display assessing process outcomes. Data -Performance assessments, Students must understand the systematic observations, concept of controlled variables. checklists, and rating sales Then, they may begin to gather give students and teachers a data guided by their hypothesis. Phase 4: Assess Hypotheses and way for informative Generalize feedback. The hypotheses are proven or -Students can write a lab disproven by the data. Students So what? What is important to understand this? report as a about form of will generalize based off their assessmen. findings. it help develops students' scientific method skills, as well

Students can be motivated by: - Curiosity to find the answer to the question -Proving their hypothesis correct

as problem solving skills.