What is inquiry-based learning?
The inquiry-based learning is based on asking questions thereby guiding the children in finding the answers by themselves and encouraging them to ask new questions along the way. Through inquiry, children develop important skills such as careful observation, reasoning, critical thinking, and the ability to justify existing knowledge.
Inquiry-based learning is a way of obtaining knowledge through the process of asking questions. In inquiry-based learning, students pose their own questions or are asked questions by a teacher, and the students then play a large part in answering the question through experiments, measurements, observations, and models. To read the NSTA position statement on scientific inquiry, please click here.
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