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I agree. So often we worry about all the content that we need to cover.
But especially in the primary grades, what is most important is to have them
begin to work and think like scientists. The content we cover is material
to use to reach that goal. Learning from each other can be really effective
too.
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From: Stine, Annette [SMTP:Stine-A@TROY.K12.OH.US]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 12:12 PM
To: teacher-talkinquiry@learner.org
Subject: [Teacher-talkinquiry] session 3
One question that arose during our site group discussion was how to
use an
inquiry approach in a district where covering science content is
mandated.
My answer to this was to start with the broad goals that you want
students
to achieve at the beginning of each unit. Then, share those goals
with the
students and allow them to work towards those goals in an inquiry
setting.
Having students studying different areas that they wonder about and
then
sharing the results of what they learned will often lead to covering
a broad
range of specific content knowledge while they develop process
skills too.
You can help transfer the learning that they develop by connecting
that
knowledge to the content that you need to cover.
Annette
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