Inquiry-Based Learning Toolkit

Overview

As stated by Dr. Kathy Kitto in the 2015-16 Inquiry-Based Learning-themed Innovative Teaching Showcase, "Based upon our current understanding of how individuals learn, students must construct their own understanding and knowledge base by actively doing: creating a hypothesis, performing experiments, creating something, making observations, reflecting on these experiences, making sense of the new, and reconciling past misperceptions. The role of the facilitator in Inquiry-Based Learning is also active in that the instructor guides the process by provoking higher-order thinking, delivering new information, and facilitating collaborative learning. As you may guess, it is very easy to write about Inquiry-Based Learning, but it is much more difficult to do it well and to assess its effectiveness."

• What is Inquiry-Based Instruction? — University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
• What Is Inquiry-Based Learning? — Franklin Pierce University 
• What is Inquiry-based Learning? — Ophea Teaching Tools, Ontario, Canada
• Ask, Find Out, Act: The Benefits of Inquiry-Based Learning — University of Saskatchewan

Socratic Method

• The Socratic Method of Teaching: What It Is, Its Benefits, and Examples — Saint Leo University 
• The Socratic Method: What it is and How to Use it in the Classroom — Rick Reis, Speaking of Teaching Newsletter, Stanford University, reposted by Quadrat Academy 
• Socratic Teaching — The Foundation for Critical Thinking
• The Socratic Method: Fostering Critical Thinking — The Institute for Teaching and Learning, Colorado State University
• The Socratic Method: What it is and How to Use it in the Classroom — Video of presentation by Rob Reich at Stanford University Teaching Commons
• Why the Discussion (Socratic) Method? — Thomas Aquinas College 

5-E Model (and Other Models)

• Implementing Inquiry-Based Teaching Methods — University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
• Constructivism and the Five E's — Retrieved from the Miami Museum of Science
• The Journey — Whitby's Primary Years Programme Exhibition 
• 5-E Model for Teaching Inquiry Science [Video] — BioEd Online: Science Teacher Resources, Baylor College of Medicine
• The Inquiry Cycle — Chip Bruce, Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Moore Method

• Creativity in Mathematics: Inquiry-Based Learning and the Moore Method [Video] — The Educational Advancement Foundation 
• A Quick-Start Guide to the Moore Method — Legacy of R. L. Moore, The Educational Advancement Foundation
• What is the Moore Method? — William S. Mahavier, The Legacy of R. L. Moore
• The Moore Method in 60 Minutes: Presentation by Ted Mahavier — Ted Mahavier, The Legacy of R. L. Moore
  • Video recording of presentation available for download
• The Moore Method in 60 Minutes: Presentation by Robert Kauffman —Robert Kauffman, The Legacy of R. L. Moore
  • Video recording of presentation available for download

Project-Based Learning

• What is PBL? — Buck Institute for Education
• Why PBL? — Buck Institute for Education
• Idea #3: Agency & Project-Based Learning — Fostering Agency in Learning Showcase, Western Washington University 
• Fostering Agency in Learning Toolkit (Course Design section) — Western Washington University

Assessment Tips & Tools

• Assessment in Inquiry-Based Learning — Ophea Teaching Tools, Ontario, Canada
• How Do I Assess Students' Progress? — Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Concept to Classroom Workshop: Inquiry-Based Learning
• Chapter 12: Assessment of Science Inquiry — George E. Hein & Sabra Lee, American Association of Physicists in Medicine 
• Assessment & Inquiry-Based Science Education: Issues in Policy and Practice — Global Network of Science Academies (IAP) Science Education Programme (SEP)
• Inquiry-based Formative Assessment for Improving Student Learning — Digital Commons at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Discipline-Based Education Research Group

Rubrics

• Rubric for Inquiry-Based Project Work — University of Regina
• Rubric Best Practices, Examples, and Templates — North Carolina State University
• Rubrics — TLT Group: Teaching, Learning and Technology
• Grading Rubric Strategies — University of Nevada, Reno 
• The Fundamentals of Constructing a Rubric — Dannelle Stevens & Antonia Levi, Portland State University, assembled by the University of Hawai'i Mānoa Assessment Office 

Discipline-Specific Resources

Mathematics

• Journal of Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics — Educational Advancement Foundation
• Soup to Nuts: My Approach to IBL — Dana C. Ernst, Northern Arizona University
• Inquiry-Based Learning in College Mathematics — University of Colorado Boulder
• From Innovation to Implementation: Multi-Institution Pedagogical Reform in Undergraduate Mathematics — University of Colorado Boulder
• What is Inquiry-Based Learning? — Discovering the Art of Mathematics: Mathematical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts
• The Socratic Method: Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling — Rick Garlikov 

Science

• How to Make Lab Activities More Open Ended — California Science Teachers Association
• What Is Inquiry-Based Science? — Smithsonian Science Education Center 
• Life in an Inquiry Driven, Technology-Embedded, Connected Classroom: Science — Powerful Learning Practice

Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education

• Inquiry-based Learning in Teacher Education: A Primary Humanities Example — Australian Journal of Teacher Education
• Life in an Inquiry Driven, Technology-Embedded, Connected Classroom: English — Powerful Learning Practice
• Trying Team-Based Inquiry to Teach Research Skills in the Humanities — Inside HigherEd

Art & Music

• PBL in a Music Programme — Buck Institute for Education 
• Project-Based Learning in Digital Musicianship — National Association for Music Education (NAfME) 
• The Ultimate Guide to Project-Based Learning in Your Art Room: 3 Benefits and 5 Steps — The Art of Education University 

Resources & Books

See also the curricular examples from the Inquiry-Based Learning Innovative Teaching Showcase: 

• Designing Learning Experiences for the Introductory Physics Lab — Andrew Boudreaux & The Physics Team
• A Learning Cycle Approach to Guided Inquiry in a Four-Course Interdisciplinary Science Series — Science, Math, and Technology Education (SMaTE) Team
• An Inquiry-Based Introduction to Proof in Number Theory — Stephanie Treneer 

Relevant Books

• Ambrose, Susan A. et al., How Learning Works, Jossey-Bass, 2010.
• Fink, L. Dee, Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses, Jossey-Bass, 2013.
• Brookfield, Stephen D., Teaching for Critical Thinking: Tools and Techniques to Help Students Question Their Assumptions, Jossey-Bass, 2011.
• Blessinger, Patrick, Inquiry-Based Learning for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Programs: A Conceptual and Practical Resource for Educators, Emerald Group, 2015.
• Blessinger, Patrick, Inquiry-Based Learning for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: A Conceptual and Practical Resource for Educators, Emerald Group, 2014. 
• Blessinger, Patrick, Inquiry-Based Learning for Multidisciplinary Programs: A Conceptual and Practical Guide for Educators, Emerald Group, 2015. 
• Lee, Virginia S., Teaching and Learning Through Inquiry: A Guidebook for Institutions and Instructors, Stylus, 2004.
• Conrad, Clifton and Laura Dunek, Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners: The Purpose of a College Education for the Twenty-First Century, Johns Hopkins University, 2020. 
• National Research Council, How Students Learn, 2005. 
• Vaughan, Norman et al., Teaching in Blended Learning Environments: Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry, Jossey-Bass, 2013.
• Coppin, Charles A. et al., The Moore Method: A Pathway to Learner-Centered Instruction, MAA Press, 2009.
• Carlson, Marilyn and Chris Rasmussen, Making the Connection: Research and Teaching in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, MAA Press, 2008.