Inquiring Minds Do Want to Know

Autor/inn/en	Hood, Kaitlyn; Gerlovich, Jack A.
Titel	Inquiring Minds Do Want to Know
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 44 (2007) 6, S.42-44 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Science Activities; Elementary School Science; Science Instruction; Weather; Inquiry; Learning Activities; Scientific Concepts; Creative Teaching; Discovery Learning; Methods Courses; Grade 5; Preservice Teacher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Wetter; Lernaktivität; Creative thinking; Teaching; Kreatives Denken; Unterricht; Entdeckendes Lernen; Methodisch-didaktische Anleitung; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung
Abstract	In this article, the author shares her experience in successfully teaching elementary students how to create a tornado using a guided-inquiry approach. The guided-inquiry approach is a form of teaching in which the teacher poses the question, but lets the students decide how to answer the question. Students were so excited about the process they may not remember that they could not replicate a tornado. Reflecting on the success of the tornado lesson, the author came up with a formula or a list of guidelines for herself for creating and maintaining this kind of spark in a classroom again. An inquiry-based lesson: (1) Is more than the lesson idea or the proper equipment; (2) Is the kind of activity in which everyone in the class can be involved; it may turn out that this is where a struggling student can really shine; (3) Can teach more than just about concepts; and (4) Allowed her to see the students use information to create something. Perhaps more than anything else it changed the classroom atmosphere from presentation to discovery and application. (Contains 1 figure, 5 resources and 2 online resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10