The Inquiry Process in the Primary Division by Michelle Calberry https://padlet.com/MCalberry/v29bcj6auoy2 The Four Phases of the Inquiry/Research Process en-us 2017-03-24 15:11:57 UTC 2025-12-23 23:36:15 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Exploring MCalberry https://padlet.com/MCalberry/v29bcj6auoy2/wish/162444954 Through children's natural curiosity, topics are brainstormed. Students are taught what topics are appropriate and inappropriate. They select a topic that is personally engaging to them and then create rich questions about the topic. 

Explicit Skills: Students learn: how to choose appropriate topics, how to develop questions that lead to inquiry, identify their purpose for the inquiry and to use their prior knowledge as a platform for further research.

Strategies: KWL chart, teacher conferencing, exemplars, pictures of their exploring process and then having them explain it, building success criteria together 
]]> 2017-03-24 15:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/MCalberry/v29bcj6auoy2/wish/162444954 2. Investigating MCalberry https://padlet.com/MCalberry/v29bcj6auoy2/wish/162445437 Students create a plan for inquiry to create a clear and interesting focus. They then find material and select appropriate information on their topic.

Explicit Skills: Students learn: how to create a plan and stay focused, locating, identifying and evaluating relevant resources, narrowing topic of research  

Strategies: teacher conferencing, provide helpful websites and resources for students to explore (ie. Pebblego), model what investigating looks like

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Explicit Skills: Students learn: how to evaluate information collected, make revisions to the inquiry, edit their findings, and organize them.
 
Strategies: organize findings, evaluate their ideas, teacher conferencing, peer feedback, model reflective thinking, modeling critical thinking strategies
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Explicit Skills: Students learn to extend their knowledge, create a product to present findings, self-assess, reflect on the final product 
 
Strategies: presentation of product or final piece (technology can play a part in organizing thoughts and ideas), peer comments and reflections, model self-reflection, adding to a portfolio 
]]> 2017-03-24 15:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/MCalberry/v29bcj6auoy2/wish/162446472 References MCalberry https://padlet.com/MCalberry/v29bcj6auoy2/wish/162447016 Together for Learning: School Libraries and the Emergence of the- Learning Commons: A Vision for the 21st Century, 2010 OLA

Information Studies K-12: Curriculum for School and School Library Information Centres, 1998, OLA
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