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'''Inquiry-based learning''' (also spelled as '''enquiry-based learning''' in [[British English]]){{efn|The UK dictionaries Collins and Longman list the spelling "inquiry" first, and Oxford simply calls it another spelling, without labeling it as US English.<ref>{{Cite web|title=enquiry (noun)|url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/enquiry?q=enquiry |website=www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |access-date=2021-04-02}}</ref>}} is a form of [[active learning]] that starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios. It contrasts with [[traditional education]], which generally relies on the teacher presenting facts and their knowledge about the subject. Inquiry-based learning is often assisted by a [[facilitator]] rather than a lecturer. Inquirers will identify and research issues and questions to develop knowledge or solutions. Inquiry-based learning includes [[problem-based learning]], and is generally used in small-scale investigations and projects, as well as [[research]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceebl.manchester.ac.uk/ebl/ |title=What is Inquiry-Based Learning (EBL)? |website=Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning |publisher=University of Manchester <!-- |access-date=October 2012 -->}}</ref> The inquiry-based instruction is principally very closely related to the development and practice of thinking and problem-solving skills.<ref>{{citation |author=Dostál, J. |title=Inquiry-based instruction. Concept, essence, importance and contribution |year=2015 |url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxkb3MwMDN8Z3g6MmU4MzM5YzA1YzcyNzM4 |___location=Olomouc |publisher=Palacký University |isbn=978-80-244-4507-6 |doi=10.5507/pdf.15.24445076|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== History ==
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Open learning has been developed by a number of science educators including the American [[John Dewey]] and the German [[Martin Wagenschein]].{{efn| name= MartinWagenschein| Wagenschein characterized his approach as Socratic, genetic, and example-based.<ref>[[:de:Martin Wagenschein]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2022}}}} Wagenschein's ideas particularly complement both open learning and inquiry-based learning in teaching work. He emphasized that students should not be taught bald facts, but should understand and explain what they are learning. His most famous example of this was when he asked physics students to tell him what the speed of a falling object was. Nearly all students would produce an equation, but no students could explain what this equation meant.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} Wagenschein used this example to show the importance of understanding over knowledge.<ref>{{cite periodical |url=http://ed.fnal.gov/trc_new/sciencelines_online/fall97/activity_inserts.html |title=The Science Journal: Writing and Inquiry Development |access-date=2017-01-03 |author=Dahl, Susan | author2=Franzen, Pat | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908102608/http://ed.fnal.gov/trc_new/sciencelines_online/fall97/activity_inserts.html |magazine=Science Lines: A Newsletter from the Teacher Resource Center at Fermilab |volume=9 |issue=1, Fall 1997 |type=Activity |archive-date=2008-09-08}}</ref>
Although both guided and open/true inquiry were found to promote science literacy and interest, each has its own advantages. While open/true inquiry may contribute to students' initiative, flexibility and adaptability better than guided inquiry in the long run,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dorfman |first1=Bat-Shahar |last2=Issachar |first2=Hagit |last3=Zion |first3=Michal |date=2020-02-01 |title=Yesterday's Students in Today's World—Open and Guided Inquiry Through the Eyes of Graduated High School Biology Students |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-017-9683-6 |journal=Research in Science Education |language=en |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=123–149 |doi=10.1007/s11165-017-9683-6 |s2cid=254987400 |issn=1573-1898|url-access=subscription }}</ref> some claim that it may lead to high cognitive load and that guided inquiry is more efficient in terms of time and content learning.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bunterm |first1=Tassanee |last2=Lee |first2=Kerry |last3=Ng Lan Kong |first3=Jeremy |last4=Srikoon |first4=Sanit |last5=Vangpoomyai |first5=Penporn |last6=Rattanavongsa |first6=Jareunkwan |last7=Rachahoon |first7=Ganya |date=2014-08-13 |title=Do Different Levels of Inquiry Lead to Different Learning Outcomes? A comparison between guided and structured inquiry |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09500693.2014.886347 |journal=International Journal of Science Education |language=en |volume=36 |issue=12 |pages=1937–1959 |doi=10.1080/09500693.2014.886347 |bibcode=2014IJSEd..36.1937B |s2cid=144105574 |issn=0950-0693|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
=== Inquisitive learning ===
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==== Pedagogical applications ====
Inquiry-based pedagogy in science education has been shown to increase students' scientific knowledge and literacy when compared to when students are taught using more traditional pedagogical methods.<ref name=":02">{{Cite thesis |title=Lego TC logo as a learning environment in problem-solving in advanced supplementary level design & technology with pupils aged 16–19 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b3862630 |publisher=The University of Hong Kong Libraries |first=Ting-kau |last=Lo|date=1992 |doi=10.5353/th_b3862630 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Gormally |first1=Cara |last2=Brickman |first2=Peggy |last3=Hallar |first3=Brittan |last4=Armstrong |first4=Norris |date=2009-07-01 |title=Effects of Inquiry-based Learning on Students' Science Literacy Skills and Confidence |url=http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol3/iss2/16 |journal=International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |volume=3 |issue=2 |doi=10.20429/ijsotl.2009.030216 |issn=1931-4744|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Nichols |first1=Kim |last2=Musofer |first2=Reshma |last3=Fynes-Clinton |first3=Liz |last4=Blundell |first4=Rosanne |date=November 2022 |title=Design thinking and inquiry behaviours are co-constituted in a community of inquiry middle years' science classroom context: Empirical evidence for design thinking and pragmatist inquiry interconnections |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10798-021-09711-4 |journal=International Journal of Technology and Design Education |language=en |volume=32 |issue=5 |pages=2527–2551 |doi=10.1007/s10798-021-09711-4 |s2cid=239497656 |issn=0957-7572|url-access=subscription }}</ref> However, even though students in inquiry-based classrooms are shown to have higher scientific knowledge, they have also been shown to have increased frustration and decreased confidence in scientific ability when compared to their peers taught using traditional methods.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Makkonen |first1=Taina |last2=Tirri |first2=Kirsi |last3=Lavonen |first3=Jari |date=November 2021 |title=Engagement in Learning Physics Through Project-Based Learning: A Case Study of Gifted Finnish Upper-Secondary-Level Students |journal=Journal of Advanced Academics |language=en |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=501–532 |doi=10.1177/1932202X211018644 |s2cid=236285227 |issn=1932-202X|doi-access=free }}</ref> Research has also shown that while inquiry-based pedagogy has been shown to improve students' science achievement, social contexts must be taken into account. This is because achievement gaps among students may be as likely to widen as they are to decrease due to differences in student readiness for inquiry-based learning based on social and economic status differences.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Secker |first=Clare von |date=February 2002 |title=Effects of Inquiry-Based Teacher Practices on Science Excellence and Equity |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220670209596585 |journal=The Journal of Educational Research |language=en |volume=95 |issue=3 |pages=151–160 |doi=10.1080/00220670209596585 |s2cid=145144267 |issn=0022-0671|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
In cases where students' scientific knowledge in an inquiry based classroom was not significantly different than their peers taught in traditional methods, student problem solving ability was found to be improved for inquiry learning students.<ref name=":02" /> Inquiry as a pedagogical framework and learning process fits within many educational models including Problem Based Learning and the 5E Model of Education.
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