Science Inquiry: Explore

 Explore: Science Inquiry:Inquiry-based Learning Model article 

What are and how many forms of inquiry used in inquiry-based classrooms?

•     An inquiry is a process of gathering information and creating questions for further ones education of a given topic. The individual asks questions, creates new discoveries, and searchers for answers.   

• The steps of inquiry are:
• Construct a question or problem
• Make predictions
• Create an investigation of the problem to find data in order to evaluate the hypothesis
• Draw final conclusions
• Translate the results 

• Forms of inquiry:
• Confirmation
• Structured
• Guided 
• Open 

Who is the funder of Discovery Learning? 

• Jerome Bruner is the founder of discovery learning. His theories centered around models, the importance of teaching and learning "optimal structure", curriculum, and lastly learning from discovery.