Inquiry Intro

What is the focus of inquiry based instruction and learning?

• Memorizing Specific Dates

• Memorizing Specific Names.

• Focusing on improving skills that will be used inside the classroom and out.

• The teacher telling you everything and you just remembering it.

What is the difference between a compelling and supporting question?

• Compelling questions have no clear right or wrong answer, while supporting question are more direct, sometimes having right or wrong answers.

• Supporting questions have no clear right or wrong answer, while compelling questions are is more direct, sometimes having right or wrong answers.

• There is no difference, they are just different names for the same type of question.

• Supporting questions are used in the social sciences, while compelling questions are used in studies such as biology and chemistry.

What is the difference between a primary and secondary source?

• Secondary sources are from the time period and primary sources are created after the event and are about what happened.

• Primary and secondary and just two different names for the same thing.

• Primary sources are from the time period and secondary sources are created after the event and are about what happened.

• Primary sources physical sources like letters and books, whereas secondary sources are things like audio recordings and videos.

What does it mean to evaluate a source?

• To investigate the strength of the evidence used.

• To search social media to find information that supports how you personally feel about the topic.

• To search for information that only agrees with what you think to be true about the topic.

• To investigate the reliability of the source behind the information and also to compare it to what other sources say about the same topic.

In what order should you investigate information?

• 1. Who is behind the information?

  2. What do other sources say, and are they reliable?

  3. What is the evidence and is it strong?

• 1. Who is behind the information?

  2. What is the evidence and is it strong?

  3. What do other sources say, and are they reliable?

• 1. What do other sources say, and are they reliable?

  2. Who is behind the information?

  3. What is the evidence and is it strong?

• 1. What is the evidence and is it strong?

  1. What do other sources say, and are they reliable?

  3. Who is behind the information?

If the compelling question is "Was joining World War II the right decision for the United States?," which one of the following is not an example of a quality supporting question?

• Where there any countries that fought in World War II that the United States did not get along with?

• How did different groups of Americans feel about the war?

• Did the United States gain any benefits from fighting in the war?

• What type of airplanes did the United States fly during World War II?

Which of the following would be considered a primary resource?

• Textbook

• Documentary

• Photograph

• Encyclopedia

Which of the following is part of a strong argument?

• Cited facts that are directly tied to, and support the claim being made, while refuting opposing opinions.

• A strong feeling by the author that their opinion is the correct opinion.

• Cited facts that are directly tied to, and support the claim being made, and no discussion of opposing views.

• Cited facts that are interesting to the author even if they don't connect to the compelling question.

What are the steps of the inquiry process?

• 1. Determine the question to be answered. 2. Conduct research to find answers to the question. 3. Formulate a thesis and connect evidence to it. 4. Come to a conclusion using the evidence to support your reasoning.

• 1. Determine the question to be answered. 2. Come to a conclusion using the evidence to support your reasoning. 3. Formulate a thesis and connect evidence to it. 4. Conduct research to find answers to the question.

• 1. Formulate a thesis and connect evidence to it. 2. Conduct research to find answers to the question. 3. Determine the question to be answered. 4. Come to a conclusion using the evidence to support your reasoning.

• 1. Come to a conclusion using the evidence to support your reasoning. 2.Determine the question to be answered. 3. Conduct research to find answers to the question. 4. Formulate a thesis and connect evidence to it.

What does it mean to evaluate the evidence?

• To investigate the strength of the evidence used.

• To search social media to find information that supports how you personally feel about the topic.

• To search for information that only agrees with what you think to be true about the topic.

• To investigate the reliability of the source behind the information and also to compare it to what other sources say about the same topic.