Accordingly, teachers and educators have focused on models of problem solving as guidelines for structuring inquiry-based processes in their subject lessons (Oser and Baeriswyl [2001]).
Schools, too, need to create more room for STEM programs like these to expose young people to a more active and integrated, inquiry-based approach to these crucial subjects.
The NIEHS supports nine innovative education research projects to develop and disseminate inquiry-based curricula that use environmental health sciences as a central theme across different subjects (e.g., math, science, language arts, history, geography, civics).
Shifting to an inquiry-based approach to teaching places more emphasis on conceptual understanding of subject matter, as well as an emphasis on the process of establishing and validating scientific concepts and claims (Anderson, 1989; Borko and Putnam, 1996).
Both learning assessments and observed student outcomes illustrate that topics of bioinformatics, comparative genomics, and virulence factor analysis are appropriate subjects for students to study to learn about these new computational inquiry-based approaches to address scientific questions.
I think we're moving towards this inquiry-based approach to RE – and the Ofsted report on the subject, which is out soon, is likely to advocate that.
Inquiry-based science instruction what is it and does it matter?
The "Teaching Resources" category provides inquiry- or problem-based curricular materials, case studies, and examples of the use of inquiry-based learning in teaching analytical science courses.
Inquiry-based science teaching methods.
Model-based inquiry was implemented in the experimental group while the control group worked in an inquiry-based environment.
Inquiry stance: We are an inquiry-based and practice-oriented community.
