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In the words of John Dewey, education is “not preparation for life; education is life itself”. Unfortunately, our system emphasises rote memorisation instead of fostering curiosity which makes ...
Active learning has been found to be successful in many online and in-person learning environments, and one approach is inquiry-based learning. Ramsey Musallam, a teacher at California’s Sonoma ...
This comprehensive study investigated student outcomes of inquiry-based learning (IBL) in undergraduate mathematics ... and the institutionalization of these approaches in their departments. Laursen, ...
In fact, the course-based approach to research fills a niche in the transition from inquiry-based learning to professional science practice (Fig. 1). Figure 1: Inquiry and research exist on a ...
Discovery-Based Learning is an approach that allows students to be in control of their learning through hands-on exploration and inquiry without an emphasis on memorizing and repeating concepts, but ...
The inquiry-based approach in chemistry was introduced through a series of experimental simulations and examples identifying issues around dependent, independent and constant variables.