INQUIRY
Millions saw the apple fall,
but Newton asked why.
STUDENTS WHO INQUIRE
Analyze and synthesize material or ideas
Clarify their own thinking
Probe other’s thinking
Work through ambiguity
Teachers should:
Use effective questioning techniques in the classroom to promote students’ critical thinking or higher order thinking skills
Create a classroom culture that nurtures thinking and inquiry
Engage students in using Costa’s/Bloom's Levels of Thinking to think more deeply and broadly
Teach students to identify and employ inquiry as a strategy and skill of successful learners
The Socratic seminar is a formal discussion, based on a text, in which the leader asks open-ended questions.
Within the context of the discussion, students listen closely to the comments of others, thinking critically for themselves, and articulate their own thoughts and their responses to the thoughts of others.
Providing “sentence starters” is a great way to help students participate in positive/respectful way.
The Focused Note-Taking Process
inquiry focused in most every phase
encourages critical thinking about connections and questions students still have about the subject