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#Open Classroom 17: Learning to Inquire like a Scientist
Introduction
Science Inquiry-based lessons share five essential features, namely learner engages in a question, learner gives priority to evidence in responding to questions, learner formulates explanations from evidence, learner connects explanation to scientific knowledge and learner communicates and justifies explanation. All these aspects of inquiry-based lessons could be teacher centered, teacher driven, teacher guided and student centered depending on the readiness of students. (more…)
#Open Classroom 8: Differentiated Instruction & Inquiry-based Learning in a Mathematics Classroom
Topic/ Unit: Secondary Two Pythagoras Theorem
Textbook: Shing Lee – New Syllabus Mathematics 2 Textbook eBook
Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to:
- Identify a right-angled triangle and its hypotenuse.
- Define Pythagoras’ theorem.
- Investigate and verify the Pythagoras’ theorem.
- Apply Pythagoras’ theorem to solve problems. Find the unknown side of a right-angled triangle when other two sides are given.
- Solve real-life problems involving right-angled triangles using Pythagoras’ Theorem.
Teaching Strategies include:
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- Differentiated instruction
- Inquiry-based learning
#Open Classroom 4: Scientific Investigation & Reasoning using an Inquiry Approach in Biology
Unit/Topic: Gene Expression and Genetic Engineering/Bacterial Transformation
Lesson Objectives:
- To make observations of results.
- To create meaning from observations.
- To ask accurate questions.
- To develop a hypothesis.
- To design and perform an experiment to test the hypothesis.
Teaching Strategies:
- Wheel of scientific investigation and reasoning (based on Paul’s Wheel of Reasoning) using an inquiry approach
- Concept-based learning (through the use of planning board)
Learning by Doing through Research Studies
We are a team of Secondary 4 students who has recently concluded a 1.5 year research study under the guidance of a teacher mentor on Volunteerism. The research knowledge and skills gained has been invaluable to us. We also developed a deeper understanding on the topic on Volunteerism. We thus seek to share more about our experiences here, hoping to benefit anyone interested in conducting Social Sciences research. (more…)
Inquiry-based Learning through Research Studies
Introduction
We are a group of secondary 4 students who completed a Research Studies project to find out about the influence of parental involvement on a child’s emotional well being.
The student-centred nature of our research allows us to cultivate skills in making wise decisions and enhance our collaboration and communication skills. This research was also instrumental in making us think more critically and inspired us in our journey of self-discovery. We hope to use this platform to share our experiences and to demonstrate why inquiry-based learning, like Research Studies, is beneficial to students like us.
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Insights into Inquiry-based Learning by an ex-student
I am a former student who graduated from Raffles Girls’ Schoool (RGS) in 2013. Recently, I had the opportunity to intern at RGS for 2 months.
During my stint there, my Geography teacher, Mrs Eriyanty Mohammad, invited me to join her and Ms Nurashikin for an excursion with some Year 1 students. The excursion to Peninsula Plaza was for the Regional Studies Programme (RSP) students to gain some insights into the Burmese community in Singapore. I jumped at the chance almost immediately. I fondly remember going for such excursions while I was a student and my RSP teachers had also taken us to Golden Mile Complex and Lucky Plaza for us to have a better understanding of some foreign communities in Singapore. (more…)
Edublog: Uncovering Wisdom through Pedagogy 