testable questions: inquiring minds want to know
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Testable Questions: Inquiring Minds Want to Know. Jeff Blacklock Margaret Hammer Midwestern State University CAST 2011 Dallas, TX November 17-19, 2011. What is Inquiry?. Inquiry empowers students to .... become independent thinkers and life-long learners. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Testable Questions:Inquiring Minds Want to Know
Jeff Blacklock
Margaret Hammer
Midwestern State University
CAST 2011
Dallas, TX
November 17-19, 2011
What is Inquiry?
Inquiry empowers students to ...
become independent thinkers and life-long learners.
Inquiry empowers students to ...
generate questions or problems to be solved.
Inquiry empowers students to ...
chose a course of action and carry out the investigation.
Inquiry empowers students to ...
record data and draw conclusions.
Two Kinds of Questions
Causal
Trying to understand the world.
Existence
Recalling factual information.
What are Testable Questions?
Testable questions ...
ask about objects, organisms, and events in the natural world.
Testable questions ...
can be answered through investigations that involve experiments, observations,
or surveys.
Testable questions ...
are answered by collecting and analyzing evidence that is measurable.
Testable questions ...
relate to scientific ideas rather than personal preference or moral values.
Testable questions ...
do not relate to the supernatural or to non-measurable phenomena.
Asking Questions“Does” “How” “What if” or “I wonder”
questions can be investigated.
Asking Questions“Why” questions require an explanation. These need to be revised to “What” or “What if” questions to be investigated.
Asking Questions
Question SortReady for investigation
Need revision
Need an expert to answer
Ramps and Marbles
Watch the demonstration Each group pose testable questions Make a hypothesis Plan the procedure Collect results and document Report conclusions
Exploring Moon Phases
Getting Students There
Additional Resource: Shadows
“Although inquiry is no panacea, it is one more strategy teachers can use, at the appropriate time,
to engage students in investigations and satisfy their
curiosity for learning.” - Haury cited by Llewellyn
“Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, let me do it and
I understand.”-Chinese Proverb
Testable Questions:Inquiring Minds Want to Know
Jeff Blacklock
Margaret Hammer
Midwestern State University