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Integrating Inquiry Across the Curriculum


Integrating Inquiry Across the Curriculum

Paperback by Audet, Richard H.; Jordan, Linda K.

Integrating Inquiry Across the Curriculum

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ISBN:
9781412906173
Publication Date:
3 Aug 2005
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:
Corwin Press Inc
Pages:
288 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 13 - 15 May 2024
Integrating Inquiry Across the Curriculum

Description

Create a whole new world of understanding in your classroom! Inquiry is a fundamental step in the student learning process, and often the least understood. In Integrating Inquiry Across the Curriculum, the authors offer a collection from leading experts on how to integrate inquiry across the K-12 curriculum. This finely edited volume enables educators to visualize inquiry as the unifying knowledge base to guide students through all major subject areas. An essential resource for curriculum supervisors, professional developers, department heads, teachers, and preservice educators, this compilation includes inquiry's best practices, current research, and lesson ideas. It is a key for educators exploring ways to integrate material concepts that cut across a variety of content areas. Don't miss this incredible opportunity to learn how to make your classroom the best place it can be, where investigation and discovery learning flourish! Integrating Inquiry Across the Curriculum includes: Field-tested curriculum materials grounded in the national standards Practical strategies that provide reliable assessment data about how students perform when engaged in inquiry Enlightening first-person accounts illustrating inquiry in the classroom An exploration of inquiry from the unique perspectives of geography, science, history, language arts, mathematics, and more

Contents

Foreword - Joseph Exline Preface About the Editors About the Authors Part I: Teaching and Learning Through Inquiry in the Content Areas 1. Inquiry: A Continuum of Ideas, Issues, and Practices - Richard H. Audet 2. Social Studies and Geography: Beyond Rote Memorization - Alan Canestrari 3. Science Inquiry: Is There Any Other Way? - Linda K. Jordan 4. History: Uncovering the Past Through Inquiry - Kathleen Anderson Steeves 5. Mathematics: Developing Curious Students - Jenny Tsankova and Galina Dobrynina 6. Language Arts: Explore, Create, Discover Through Inquiry - Jane S. Townsend 7. Curriculum Integration: Capitalizing on Student Inquiry - Richard H. Audet Part II: Creating Conditions for Successful Student Inquiry 8. Assessment in the Inquiry Classroom: Asking the Right Questions - David White and Patricia Fitzsimmons 9. Inquiry Learning and Special Education Students: Rejecting Instruction That Disables - Bruce Marlowe and Marilyn Page 10. Inquiry-Based Instruction for English Learners: Ten Essential Elements - Fred Dobb 11. Museum Experiences That Support Classroom Inquiry and Teacher Professional Development - Linda S. Shore Index

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