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Using Inquiry in the Classroom: Developing Creative Thinkers and Information Literate Students
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781610488518 |
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Publisher: | R&L Education |
Publication date: | 12/21/2012 |
Edition description: | Second Edition |
Pages: | 186 |
Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: What is Inquiry?Chapter 2: Designing Instruction for Creative ThinkingChapter 3: Embedding Information Literacy into your CourseChapter 4: Setting up an Activity: Tying Good Questions to ObjectivesChapter 5: Creating a WebQuestChapter 6: Creating a Web Inquiry ActivityChapter 7: Creating a Telecollaborative Activity Chapter 8: Creating a Problem-Based ActivityChapter 9: Inquiry and Creativity in Assessments Chapter 10: Inquiry in Education Using TechnologyChapter 11: Learning at a DistanceAppendix: ResourcesAbout the AuthorWhat People are Saying About This
Wow! After reading Engaging Students through Inquiry-Oriented Learning and Technology, I have a much better understanding of a Web inquiry activity. When designing and developing my web-based lessons, I will remember to keep the ideas interesting. I want to hook students and get them actively involved in their learning. The more my lesson intrigues students, the better their learning and development of ideas because they are truly interested and want to learn more. When students analyze and synthesize their own ideas, they don't get the ideas of a filtered textbook; instead they create meaning from what they are discovering. In the web-based inquiry activity, my job is to assist students and be their support when they have problems not guide their every single movement.
Web inquiry allows students to take charge in their assignment and is more focused on them finding information online than having the teacher post Web sites for the students to use. These activities make students think and will keep them focused on finding answers that they need. I have to make my hook interesting in order to keep my students motivated and interested in the topic.
The inquiry-oriented activities discussed in Coffman's book allow students to be active and engaged in their own learning. This approach to educating twenty-first century learners is exactly what students need to be competitive in this global marketplace! The use of WebQuests, Web-based inquiry, and telecollaborative activities provides students with the hands-on learning they need to be twenty-first century citizens. Students in today's classroom not only need to be engaged, motivated, and interested in learning; they also need to apply their knowledge to the world they live in. . . . I would highly recommend this book to any practicing teacher who wants to do more in the classroom than just lecture and who sees the benefit of real-world application to stimulate theoretical, textbook learning.
What a great resource! Coffman makes the reading easy to understand but gives plenty of information and detail; her knowledge of the subject matter comes through without impeding the reader with many technical terms. What I thought about when I read Engaging Students through Inquiry-Oriented Learning and Technology is how little I really understood about Web-based inquiry. This text gives me some innovative ideas for my own web-based activity.
This book serves as an excellent primer for teachers on the value of inquiry learning as a teaching modality. Coffman clarifies the importance of inquiry learning under the umbrella of self-directed knowledge construction. Engaging Students through Inquiry-Oriented Learning and Technology offers teachers both the theoretical underpinnings of inquiry learning as well as practical takeaways of activities that can be put to immediate use in the classroommmm
Engaging Students through Inquiry-Oriented Learning and Technology is easy to read and follow, even if you are not a teacher. One of the most important things I learned was to be a guide and to not set too many limits for the students.
This book serves as an excellent primer for teachers on the value of inquiry learning as a teaching modality. Coffman clarifies the importance of inquiry learning under the umbrella of self-directed knowledge construction. Engaging Students through Inquiry-Oriented Learning and Technology offers teachers both the theoretical underpinnings of inquiry learning as well as practical takeaways of activities that can be put to immediate use in the classroom
This book is an excellent resource for educators who want to engage students into higher order thinking, problem solving, and creativity through inquiry-oriented learning and technology. I would highly recommend this book because it is easy to understand and offers a theoretical view and a pragmatic perspective.