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About Inquiry-Based Learning

What is inquiry-based learning?

In inquiry-based learning instructors create an environment in which students are free to ask questions, learn concepts, and explore possible solutions within a real-world, project-based context. Inquiry-based units are structured around an open-ended, intriguing essential question that is used to direct students towards the objectives of the unit and invites students to be a part of the solution to the unit's dilemma.

For more information on inquiry-based learning, visit these sites:

http://www.bie.org
http://www.biology.duke.edu/cibl/
http://rapb.mspnet.org/index.cfm/8353
http://www.galileo.org/inquiry-what.html
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/ctc/page5196.cfm
http://www.novelapproachpbl.com/

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To view descriptions of the sections of an inquiry-based unit, click below.