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Author Alvarado, Amy Edmonds.

Title Inquiry-based learning using everyday objects : hands-on instructional strategies that promote active learning in grades 3-8 / Amy Edmonds Alvarado, Patricia R. Herr.

Imprint Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, ©2003.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  372.13 A472I    Check Shelf
Description xv, 197 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Welcome to Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects (Object-Based Inquiry) -- 1. What Is Object-Based Inquiry? -- 2. How Do I Gather Collections? -- 3. How Do I Get Started? -- 4. Where Do I Start With Planning? -- 5. How Do I Assess? -- pt. II. Lesson Plans -- 6. Language Lesson Plans -- 7. Science Lesson Plans -- 8. Social Studies Lesson Plans -- 9. Math Lesson Plans.
Summary Student inquiry is an active learning process that allows students to investigate central, essential questions linked to curriculum standards and specific teaching objectives. Essential questions maybe created by the teacher or by the students, but when this guided inquiry process is enhanced by the use of everyday objects (seashells, feathers, flowers, rocks, etc) teachers can cover required concepts while simultaneously honouring student curiosity and encouraging students to become more observant, inquisitive, and reflective. Amy Edmonds Alvarado and Patricia R Herr provide lively and practical guidance to help teachers engage students in object-based inquiry along with sample lessons in language arts, science, social studies, and math. These user-friendly sample lessons are structured to increase both teacher and student success with the process, and tips are provided on how to adjust lessons along a continuum from traditionally structured to more student-initiated. This volume is intended as a stimulus for change in both teaching and thinking, and offers object-based inquiry as a tool for teachers to add to their existing repertoire of teaching strategies.
Subject Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)
Education, Elementary -- Curricula.
Active learning.
Inquiry-based learning.
Active learning. (OCoLC)fst00796275
Education, Elementary -- Curricula. (OCoLC)fst00902959
Inquiry-based learning. (OCoLC)fst01199976
Inquiry (Theory of knowledge) (OCoLC)fst00973795
Frage (DE-588)4018041-4
Sachunterricht (DE-588)4051158-3
Selbstgesteuertes Lernen (DE-588)4180834-4
Unterrichtsgespräch (DE-588)4062011-6
Grundschule.
Added Author Herr, Patricia R.
ISBN 0761946799 (C)
9780761946793 (C)
0761946802 (P)
9780761946809 (P)
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