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What do you know about Inquiry Based Learning?

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is the level of inquiry wherein the teacher provides problem, procedure and solution.

a)

Limited Inquiry

b)

Guided Inquiry

c)

Structured Inquiry

d)

Open Inquiry

2.

It is the level of inquiry wherein there is no predetermined method.

a)

Structured Inquiry

b)

Guided Inquiry

c)

Limited Inquiry

d)

Open Inquiry

3.

It is a learning model when learners explain possible solutions and answers to others, refer to previous activities, and use recorded observations in explanations.

a)

Elaborate

b)

Explore

c)

Explain

d)

Engage

4.

Which of the following is NOT a suggested activity under "explore"?

a)

Perform an investigation

b)

Teacher's explanation

c)

Solve a problem

d)

Construct a model

5.

Which of the following would make a lesson about bacteria more student-centered?

a)

Making students memorize the names of bacteria.

b)

Showing a PowerPoint with anecdotes about the time you learned about bacteria when you were in high school.

c)

Asking students how they can figure out which place on campus has the most bacteria and encouraging them to find out on their own.

d)

Making students sit and read a pre-selected book about how bacteria grows.

6.

Asking open-ended questions, observing student behavior, assessing knowledge, and encouraging students to appraise their own learning are all key points in the process of...

a)

Elaboration

b)

Exploration

c)

Engagement

d)

Evaluation

7.

What Level of Inquiry is exemplified in the example below.


After having the lesson on momentum, the teacher asks the students to design and build their own parachute using their own ideas and inspiration. Materials to be used in coming up with the output are all the same.

a)

Open Inquiry

b)

Guided Inquiry

c)

Structured Inquiry

d)

Limited Inquiry

8.

Identify the Level of Inquiry.


The teacher taught concepts on momentum. The students are left to research and build materials that are applications of momentum in the daily life.

a)

Structured Inquiry

b)

Open Inquiry

c)

Limited Inquiry

d)

Guided Inquiry

9.

Mr. Robredo is lesson planning for the upcoming geometry unit. The unit is full of new vocabulary words and skills that the students are not familiar with. While planning, Mr. Robredo needs to make sure that students are allowed to provide reasonable responses to questions and activate their prior knowledge. What part of the 5E model is Mr. Robredo preparing for?

a)

Evaluate

b)

Explain

c)

Elaborate

d)

Engage

10.

Lance is in the process of conducting an activity through making predictions, forming hypotheses, and making generalizations. Also, he is recording observations and sharing his judgment with his peers. The student behavior in this scenario connects to what part of the 5E model?

a)

Engage

b)

Evaluate

c)

Explore

d)

Elaborate

11.

Is this an example of Inquiry Based Learning?

a)

No way!

b)

Yes, students should be bored.

c)

These students are too old to have fun in school.

d)

Yes, students are quiet and well behaved.

12.

Which of the following demonstrates Inquiry Based Learning?

a)

Jenny follows directions while the teacher tells her what to do.

b)

Carl is curious about worms, so the teacher encourages him to go find worms outside and write a report about what he found.

c)

Mrs. Collins knows that learning about plants is important, so she makes her students memorize different leaf shapes.

d)

Jose sits in silence while Mr. Roy talks about WWII.

13.

Dewey believes the best type of learning happens by...

a)

Sitting and listening

b)

Experience

c)

Following directions

d)

Teacher directed problems

14.

Which of the following would make a lesson about bacteria more student-centered?

a)

Making students memorize the names of bacteria.

b)

Asking students how they can figure out which place on campus has the most bacteria and encouraging them to find out on their own.

c)

Showing a PowerPoint with anecdotes about the time you learned about bacteria when you were in high school.

d)

Making students sit and read a pre-selected book about how bacteria grows.

15.
What age child is best suited for Inquiry Based Learning?
a)
K-3
b)
4-7
c)
8-12
d)
All school age children
16.
How might a "working alone" culture limit students' development?
a)
It may fail to prepare them for a collaborative workforce
b)
It will teach them to be quiet in class
c)
It will show them the industrial model of education
d)
It may limit their ability to sit still
17.
How could you use inquiry circles in your curricular planning?
a)
A) To increase engagement in my content area and build literacy skills
b)
B) To allow for peer/leadership opportunities for students
c)
C) To use multimedia, multigenre, multilevel, and mulitcultural sources
d)
D) All of the Above
18.
True or False: If students' inquiry takes the unit in a different direction, they should be redirected immediately.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
How does inquiry-based learning promote higher-order thinking?
a)
A) It teaches grit, perseverance, growth mindset, and self-regulation
b)
B) It enables students to take ownership over their own learning and to reach their goals.
c)
C) A & B
d)
D) It doesn't promote higher-order thinking.
20.
What are the benefits of student interest in a particular topic?
a)
A) Off-task behavior, discipline issues
b)
B) A new pair of shoes
c)
C) Loud classrooms
d)
D) Energy, invigoration, captivation, turbo-charged thinking