Education Broadcasting Corporation. (2004). Concept to classroom workshop: Inquiry-based learning. Retrieved from http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index_sub7.html
The course presents a description of inquiry-based learning and contrasts it with the traditional approach in classrooms, its development, benefits, and how it would look in a classroom. Arthur L. Costa, co-director of the Institute for Intelligent Behavior, provides information about the learning model and includes a description of three levels of thinking skills pertinent to inquiry-based learning. Videos and links to school websites provide examples of the learning model. Teachers will also learn the key features and principles of the model and steps to implement it.
Galileo Education Network. (1999-2013). About Galileo. Retrieved from http://galileo.org/about-galileo/
Galileo Education Network is a non-profit organization which helps teachers and students to learn and use 21st century skills by providing pre-service and in-service support with research, professional development, and resources. Classroom focus is on inquiry-based learning and use of digital tools to improve student learning.
Stephenson, N. (n.d.). Introduction to inquiry based learning. Retrieved from http://teachinquiry.com/index/Introduction.html
This online document provides a view into an inquiry-based learning classroom and a discussion of what the model is and its benefits for the students and teachers. The information provided is heavily based on Galileo Educational Network and its Galileo Inquiry Rubric. The information provides teachers a guiding structure to plan for inquiry-based learning.
"Inquiry is an umbrella term that covers a number of other approaches to teaching and learning. Teaching practices that utilize a disposition of inquiry learning include:
"Problem-based learning = learning that starts with an ill-structured problem or case study"
"Project-based learning = students create a project or presentation as a demonstration of their learning"
"Design-based learning = learning through the working design of a solution to a complex problem"
(Stephenson, N., n.d., para. 7)