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The inquiry method of teaching science serves 3
functions:
1.  The Emphasis on the conclusions of an activity is
changed to an emphasis on the processes involved in
reaching the conclusions.
2.  The activity procedure ceases to be just a series
of steps that ell the students what to do and what to
expect.
3.  The student is an actual participant in the
laboratory experiences.  The artificial distinction
between laboratory and classroom is erased.

Basic Skills Students Need for Inquiry Method


Philosophy of Teaching Science
with the Inquiry Method
Acquisitive Skills
Organizational Skills
Listening:
Being attentive, alert,
questioning
Recording:
Tabulating, charting,
working systematically,
working regularly,
recording
Observing:
Being accurate, alert
systemic
Comparing:
noticing how things are
alike, looking for
similarities, noticing
identical features
Searching:
Locating sources, using
several sources, being
self-reliant, acquiring
library skills
Contrasting:
Noticing how things are
grouped and
sub-grouped,
identifying categories,
deciding between
alternatives
Inquiring:
Asking, interviewing,
corresponding
Classifying:
Putting things into
groups and sub-groups,
identifying categories,
deciding between
alternatives
Gathering Data:
Tabulating, organizing,
classifying, recording
Organizing:
Putting items in order,
establishing a system,
filing, labeling,
arranging
Research:
Locating a problem,
learning background,
setting up experiments,
analyzing data, drawing
conclusions
Outlining:
Employing major
headings and
subheadings, using
sequential logical
organization
Reviewing:
Picking out important
items, memorizing,
associating
Evaluating:
Recognizing good and
poor features, knowing
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Analyzing:
Seeing implications and
relationships, picking
out causes and effects,
locating