Describe the steps cycle of inquiry presented in this chapter explaining the purpose of each

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

One cycle of inquiry that serves as a general model for planning inquiry activities is as follows:

1. Ask: the teacher begins by raising questions and inviting students to plan the inquiry procedures and presentation of findings. This promotes the desire to discover. When students are comfortable with the process, the teacher encourages them to raise a question of their own, to plan a procedure for answering the question, to determine how to carry out the procedure, and then to decide how the results might be presented.
2. Investigate: Students are asked to recall prior knowledge or experiences related to the question and brainstorm possible methods of investigating it.
3. Create: When the teacher and students have jointly determined that sufficient information has been gathered, students are asked to begin thinking critically 176
4. about the relationship between the information and their question. They think about the appropriateness of their question, redefine it and/or construct new ones , and decide whether to gather more data.
5. Discuss: Students discuss their findings, new ideas and experiences with one another. This can be a small group or the entire class.
6. Reflect: After discussion, students critique and communicate their results to their groups during which they are expected to reflect on their newly acquired knowledge. This includes reflecting on the appropriateness of their question, their methods of investigation, and the accuracy of their conclusions.