This is what you want to see in a science classroom: Less memorizing. Fewer ready-made science experiments. Students designing their own hands-on investigations in pursuit of scientific questions.

School principals, district administrators, and teacher leaders (including department chairs) are essential links in the adoption of inquiry as a way of teaching and learning. Extensive research ...

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When we make class time about exploration, it’s important that we not only design worthy assessments, but we also track what we learn while the students are going through the process. This data will ...

Teachers can support inquiry-based learning by using direct instruction to provide students with the tools they need to ...

High-quality instructional materials (HQIMs) are educational resources designed to effectively support student learning. They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials ...

The ongoing debate between teacher-led and student-led learning is simplistic. Education is a complex field and teachers adapt their methods to context. It’s never just one or the other. The proposed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about education, edtech and higher education. Shanti Elangovan is all-in on inquiry education. So much so that she even ...

Educators need evidence drawn from research to help them implement and justify inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning science. Many science teachers, for example, question why they should ...