The students had utilized the Inquiry Rubric developed by the Galileo Educational Network as the framework for discussing Inquiry, and then used Neil's Cigar Box Project as a case study. In groups, the students had used the Rubric to assess Neil's project, and then came to today's discussion with questions about the project and designing inquiry-based learning.
Here's a recording of the Skype chat, with Neil responding to questions from the Education students:
2 comments:
Neil: Thanks so much for your time! It was interesting for the students to do a mini-inquiry on IBL including the addition of an expert. You made it authentic! Thanks also for the time you invested with the presenters. They are IBL converts! :-)
- Jodi (their prof)
I think the skype session was quite impactful on the students. We had students write down before the lesson, a description or definition of what they thought Inquiry Based Learning was, after the lesson we had them re-write the definition. The results were very impressive, students wrote about how they had been very unsure and confused about the topic, but after speaking with Neil, they felt a lot more comfortable with the concept.
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