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Inquiry is .
Inquiry is Not
Problem solving is ..
Problem solving is Not
Inquiry
Problem Solving
Context/Historical Perspective
If a single word had to be chosen to
describe the goals of science education
during the 30-year period that began in
the late 1950s, it would have to be
inquiry (DeBoer, 1991, p. 206).
Methodology
Statement #1
The process of starting from your own
observations to develop an understanding of
a concept. The most open [kind of this]
_____ would start out with deciding what
concept you wanted to explore. To ask a
question: to figure out what observation you
need to make to answer the question, to
interpret your observations to create models
that not only explain what you saw but
predicted something else you might see.
Inquiry
Scientist
Statement #2
_____ is the curiosity of the mind in action.
The ability to question...
Inquiry
MS Education Major
Statement #3
Addressing a situation, occasionally having
to determine what the outcome needs to
be, but usually with that defined, and
determining how to achieve that
outcome. This usually involves
comparing the situation to previous
experiences, identifying similarities and
differences.
Problem Solving
Scientist
Statement #4
Using whatever tools one knows how to use
in order to implement a solution to a
given hypothesis.
Problem Solving
MS Education Major
Statement #5
When you look into something. You take
time out to examine something or learn
about it.
Inquiry
Elem. Education Major
Statement #6
Exploring some event or idea and trying to
understand it.
Inquiry
Physics Major
Statement #7
_________ as a teaching strategy embodies
most of the techniques and learning
skills science educators consider
important when learning science by
investigative methods.
Problem Solving
Science Educator (Methods Text)
Statement #8
To take a systematic approach to a task.
Problem Solving
Elem. Education Major
Statement #9
Trying to fix something, or some situation.
Problem Solving
Biology Major
Statement # 10
Doing hands on things. Getting messy in
science.
Inquiry
Geology Major
Statement #11
In school science, _________ refers to how
students attempt to develop knowledge
and understanding of scientific ideas.
Through activities, students learn how
scientists go about studying the world,
communicate with one another, and,
through consensus, propose explanations
for how the world works.
Inquiry
Science Educator (Methods Text)
Statement #12
_____ is taking systematic approach to
exploring something.
Problem Solving
Geology Major
From NSES
Documentation of quandary
Questions to be pondered
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