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Inquiry learning is about asking effective questions that promote higher level of thinking. It is about exploring concepts and strategies through meaningful problem-solving and investigations that lead to building the knowledge, skills, and inquiry habits of mind.
This section represents samples of inquiry strategies.
Inquiry Prompts
Inquiry Prompts
This section represents a sample of inquiry prompts inspired by Andrew Blair’s work (@inquirymaths). According to Blair, prompts are mathematical statements that promote students’ curiosity, develop mathematical knowledge, challenge them to discover new concepts, and provide opportunities for different forms of thinking, including induction and deduction approaches.
Click HERE to read the post about the "Sum of Consecutive Numbers" Prompt.
Click HERE to read the post about this Exponent prompt.
Click HERE to read the post about the Rectangle Prompt.
Click HERE to download 15+ Questions of Inquiry Prompts!
WODB
WODB
This section represents samples of WODB strategy inspired by Christopher Danielson’s book Which One Doesn’t Belong. This routine asks students to identify why each image or number in each of the quadrants doesn’t belong to others using their reasoning skills. There are no wrong answers as long as the students’ reasoning is true since the aim is to develop the students’ abilities in communicating their reasoning and justifying their choices.
Click HERE to download a sample lesson plan to teach the WODB!
Click HERE to download 20+ Questions of WODB!
Sembl Strategies
Sembl Strategies
Explore a variety of innovative inquiry-based math strategies featured on Sembl. These strategies are designed to enhance student engagement and deepen mathematical understanding.
WODB (Which One Doesn’t Belong):
Encourage students to analyze and discuss different mathematical objects to determine which one doesn’t fit with the others.
Let's Sort and Pack Up
Engage students in categorizing and organizing mathematical concepts or objects, promoting critical thinking and classification skills.
Clothesline Math
Use a visual and interactive method to help students understand numerical relationships and order by placing different types of numbers on the number line.
Always, Sometimes, or Never True
Challenge students to evaluate mathematical statements and determine if they are always true, sometimes true, or never true, fostering logical reasoning and discussion.
Visit Sembl to explore these strategies in detail and incorporate them into your teaching practice.
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