Student Inquiry

Many of today’s classrooms don’t adequately prepare students for a volatile workplace. In an inquirybased classroom, students learn skills that help them become active researchers and life-long learners, skills so vital in the work environment. Student Inquiry shows teachers how to create an inquiry classroom that allows individuals or groups of students to pursue ideas using sound research skills. McQuerry provides an overview of the semester in 40 mini-lessons and presents guidelines for moving students from the brainstorming stage through thesis development and research to the product and presentation stage. Dozens of reproducible handouts allow teachers to implement an inquiry classroom (or inject inquiry learning into their current classroom curriculum) quickly and easily, and valuable tips help teachers find mentors, keep students to deadlines, oversee multiple student projects at once, find or establish a telecollaborative project with students from across the country or around the world, and much more. Teachers will be amazed at what their students can accomplish if allowed to explore their interest and pursue a passion!