Inquiry Protocols
Inquiry is at the heart of helping a learner engage with relevant, worthy inquiries and experiences that are interesting or emotionally gripping. Students need to learn how to ask relevant, critical questions to make sense of varied and often contradictory information. Developing a deeper understanding of key concepts and processes can help them flourish in an unpredictable world.
Yet, inquiry is not a spectator sport for the faint of heart. It requires active participation. This pursuit asks the learner to tap into executive functioning skills such as judgment, synthesis, and prioritization. During inquiry, students can immerse themselves in exploration, and teachers can engage them with different types of questions to help them learn not only about their content, but also how to FORM questions. Regardless of where or when the learning takes place, students can learn to challenge assumptions, articulate existing tensions, or generate an idea by design.
Yet, inquiry is not a spectator sport for the faint of heart. It requires active participation. This pursuit asks the learner to tap into executive functioning skills such as judgment, synthesis, and prioritization. During inquiry, students can immerse themselves in exploration, and teachers can engage them with different types of questions to help them learn not only about their content, but also how to FORM questions. Regardless of where or when the learning takes place, students can learn to challenge assumptions, articulate existing tensions, or generate an idea by design.
~Excerpt from
www.solutiontree.com/quest-for-learning.htmlThe Quest for Learning: How to Maximize Student Engagement by Alcock, Fisher, and Zmuda Solution Tree, 2018 |
Launching Inquiry with Research Quickstarts and Heat MappingUsing Essential Questions as the basis for launching inquiry and the subsequent question generation to design new products/performances/presentations with new audiences in mind.
Question Formulation Technique
Developed by the Right Question Institute, the Question Formulation Technique, or QFT, is a structured method for generating and improving questions. It distills sophisticated forms of divergent, convergent, and metacognitive thinking into a deceptively simple, accessible, and reproducible technique. Creative Problem Solving Process - CPS CPS is a proven method for approaching a problem or a challenge in an imaginative and innovative way. It helps you redefine the problems and opportunities you face, come up with new, innovative responses and solutions, and then take action. Torrance Incubation Model Educator, researcher and creativity scholar E. Paul Torrance developed a framework of instructional design to help teachers imbed the teaching of creative skills in any content area. His three-step sequence will come as no surprise to many teachers who use it either intuitively or by training. Step 1: Heighten Anticipation – get the student’s attention, ignite curiosity and inspire motivation to learn Step 2: Deepen Expectations – lead students to create meaningful learning Step 3: Extend the Learning – give students fuel for incubation to carry the learning far beyond the lesson Torrance identified 18 teachable creativity skills, listed below. The Torrance Incubation Model provides a methodology to imbed the teaching of those skills in any content, and to harness the power of incubation to support learning. Chalk Talk Protocol Chalk Talk is a silent way to do reflection, generate ideas, check on learning, develop projects or solve problems. It can be used productively with any group—students, faculty, workshop participants, committees. Because is it done completely in silence, it gives groups a change of pace and encourages thoughtful contemplation. It can be an unforgettable experience. Middle Level students absolutely love it—it’s the quietest they’ll ever be! Inquiry Protocols from the School Reform Initiative Additional protocols from the School Reform Initiative tagged with the topic "INQUIRY." Engaging Inquiry Blog Post Engaging Inquiry: Bring Students to the Table with Different Types of Questions Harkness Method In a Harkness class learning takes place through discussions held around a circular “Harkness Table.” Sitting at the table, all members of the class must question, contribute, and contemplate in order to learn and succeed. Today all classes at Exeter, from English Literature to Algebra, from African History to Chemistry, are held around Harkness tables and use the Harkness method of learning. Think Routines from Harvard's Project Zero Welcome to Project Zero’s Thinking Routines Toolbox. This toolbox highlights Thinking Routines developed across a number of research projects at PZ. A thinking routine is a set of questions or a brief sequence of steps used to scaffold and support student thinking. In particular, the Core Thinking Routines are great for inviting inquiry in multiple ways. The Big List of Class Discussion Strategies from Jennifer Gonzalez Blog post from Jennifer Gonzalez outlining multiple ways to engage in Classroom Discussion that support strong Inquiry practices. Protocols for Culturally Responsive Learning and Increased Student Engagement Incorporating protocols for responding along with cooperative learning structures for discussion helps to make instruction culturally responsive on a daily basis. The protocols are divided into two categories: responding and discussing. Responding protocols are designed for whole group instruction and discussion protocols are designed for small group instruction. The Power of Driving Questions When teachers ask the questions, students are participants in the inquiry process. When we invite them to create questions with us, it allows for deeper connections to the learning. But when we let students come up with their own questions, the power shifts, and students are in control of their own learning and interests. There is real power when the question is designed and reworked by the student. It reveals their growing understanding of the topic or challenge. It demonstrates what is interesting or fascinating or perplexing. It creates avenues to access resources and networks. What If? Why Not? So What? The innovative power of asking, "What If? Why Not? & So What?" A blog post from Brian Durst and Learning Personalized. |
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