Inquiry Archives

13 Digital Research Lessons For Google-First Students

When researching online, what’s easiest to find may not necessarily be accurate or represent a full understanding.

Learning / November 9, 2019 June 1, 2020 / Equity, Inquiry, Strategies

Effective teaching about the Holocaust requires asking students the right questions, and that is the beginning of any inquiry-based lesson.

Problem-solving and critical thinking are both skills and habits that allow students to apply and transfer academic knowledge into the real-world.

In the first stage of curiosity, students are primarily concerned with procedural knowledge: What they’re supposed to do and how.

Why are questions more important than answers? Because answers stop learning while questions start it, contextualizing what we don’t know.

Technology / April 20, 2019 January 30, 2021 / Inquiry, Podcast

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 162 What Do We Really Mean By “Deeper Thinking And Learning”? Drew Perkins talks with Dr. …

Are you ready to deepen your teaching? Are you excited to use Project-Based Learning to empower students? Join us at TeachThought …

Questions are indicators of inquiry and engagement. Just as usefully, they are also a kind of evidence for what a student understands.

Uncategorized / February 19, 2019 February 19, 2019 / Inquiry, Podcast

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 154 Depolarizing America Through Inquiry And Critical Thinking Drew Perkins talks with John Wood Jr. and Bill …

Which ‘parts’ of the world would most benefit from my creativity, affection, and sustained effort?

Uncategorized / January 30, 2019 February 8, 2019 / Inquiry, Podcast

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 150 Deeper Thinking Through Inquiry And Art Drew Perkins talks with Nicola Giardina about her book and …

Critical Thinking / November 18, 2018 October 28, 2019 / Inquiry

What is Four-DImensional thinking? The way you ask a question yields different results and can lead you in different directions.