LifeSaver

What are the attributes of inquiry learning?

The attributes of inquiry learning is that you first must come up with a question that needs to be solved, and then you give your prediction of what the answer to the question will be. After that you must write down how you will collect the data and then how you will control the data with any rules that are necessary. Then you complete you experiment that tests your questions. Then you must record your data and come to a conclusion to whether your prediction was right or wrong and why, you must also address any further questions you may have. All these steps must be completed in this order which is what was done within the LifeSaver lesson.

I have found the inquiry process very freeing. Evening though there are a set of rules that you must follow you are given the freedom to find your own question within the assignment. It is a great way for the students to work through science problems that are necessary for their learning. I have enjoyed the process myself and found it much easier than the earlier scientific process that I used in high school. I also believe that it is a useful tool that can be used across the curriculum and doesn't have to be a tool that is only used in science.