You know as teachers, we all have
some tricks up our sleeves for our students! One of those tricks is IBI. So what
is IBI you may wonder? Well let me tell you! It is called Inquiry Based
Instruction. It is a type of instruction that allows students to think through
questions to solve a problem at hand. It is also a type of an instruction that
can be difficult to teach, but it provides a lot of opportunities for students
to learn by solving things themselves and thinking through problems.
Inquiry Based Instruction is interesting
as well when it comes to processing the problems at hand. There are five steps
that can help any student through IBI. Those steps are as follows:
1.
Question
2.
Investigate
3.
Utilize Evidence in order
to describe, predict, and explain
4.
Connect evidence to
previous knowledge
5.
Share Findings
The reason why this is so
effective, according to some studies, is because it is a logical way that we as
humans think through out problems and try and find solutions. In a study by Warner
and Myers in an article titles “Implementing Inquiry-Based Teaching Methods” it
outlined a new system that all teachers should use when putting IBI in their lessons.
The list is:
1)
Start the Inquiry Process
2)
Promote Student Dialogue
3)
Transitioning between
small groups and classroom discussion
4)
Intervening to clear misconceptions
or develop students understanding of content material
5)
Modeling scientific
procedures and attitudes
6)
Utilizing student
experiences to create new content knowledge
Wow what a list right?
After reading all of the articles
this week it is interesting to see what type of facilitation for learning can
happen in the classroom and lab setting. I am excited to develop my lessons in
to push my students to think through problems to facilitate in their learning!
That’s all for this week Ag Ed
Fam!
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