Description
| Product ID: | 9780761946809 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects |
| Subtitle: | Hands-On Instructional Strategies That Promote Active Learning in Grades 3-8 |
| Authors: | Author: Amy Edmonds Alvarado, Patricia R. Herr |
| Page Count: | 216 |
| Subjects: | Primary and middle schools, Primary & middle schools, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This exciting new book explores how students can use everyday objects to answer essential questions, meet curriculum standards, and grow in observation, inquisitiveness, and reflective learning. Engage students in object-based inquiry to encourage them to become more observant, inquisitive, and reflective! Object-based inquiry is a tested method that enhances the skills of the student, as well as the instructor, by engaging students in hands-on studies of everyday objects, raising their curiosity and enthusiasm for the learning process. Hands-on instructional strategies foster active learning, allowing students to investigate essential questions, while at the same time meeting curriculum standards and creating a profoundly new learning experience. In this exciting new book, educators and authors Amy Edmonds Alvarado and Patricia R. Herr explore the concept of using everyday objects as a process initiated both by students and teachers, encouraging growth in student observation, inquisitiveness, and reflection in learning. Essential focal points of this teaching resource include:
Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects is a practical guide that will promote change in both teaching and thinking. It is a tool that all educators should add to their existing repertoire of teaching methods. |
| Imprint Name: | Corwin Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-06-10 |
