Inquiry is a student-centered approach that focuses on helping students develop skills in three critical areas: questioning, critical thinking, and problem-solving. With questions established to inspire curiosity and an interface that makes locating information a breeze, IWonder is a student tool designed to support inquiry in the classroom. Learn more about teaching students how to develop questions to guide inquiry with this Teach With INFOhio blog post Inquiry and INFOhio: Questioning. Continue the series by exploring strategies for teaching students to locate information with the blog post Inquiry and INFOhio: Locating Information.
Students can use the 11 questions on IWonder's homepage to locate resources that help with homework and find information to support the inquiry process.
Additional questions further narrow the search results.
Students choose from a list of resources curated to help with homework or locate information for research and inquiry.
According to Carol Ann Tomlinson in her 2008 article The Goals of Differentiation, differentiated instruction is "student-aware teaching" based on the premise that the role of education is to foster student growth and encourage students to take control of their learning (Tomlinson). In the classroom, teachers can differentiate for:
Differentiation is based on a student's:
IWonder's Genius Hour, combined with various resources in multiple formats, supports differentiation in the classroom. Read this article by Kari Sue Wehrmann in Educational Leadership, Baby Steps, A Beginner's Guide. Learn how one teacher incorporated passion projects to differentiate her classroom by challenging her gifted learners.
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