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What can you say about how confident the students seem in using this new technology? | What can you say about how confident the students seem in using this new technology? | ||
= Levels of Enquiry = | = Four Levels of Enquiry = | ||
{{activity| Group discussion}} Read the following examples of teachers trying to start an enquiry-based learning lesson for a maths topic on angles of polygons. According to Douglas Llewellyn, the different approaches of enquiry-based teaching require teachers and students to play different roles in the enquiry-based learning process. | {{activity| Group discussion}} Read the following examples of teachers trying to start an enquiry-based learning lesson for a maths topic on angles of polygons. According to Douglas Llewellyn, the different approaches of enquiry-based teaching require teachers and students to play different roles in the enquiry-based learning process. | ||
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Students worked on their own to derive a general formula. Teacher asked students to present their findings at the end of their investigation – which may span across two or three days. | Students worked on their own to derive a general formula. Teacher asked students to present their findings at the end of their investigation – which may span across two or three days. | ||
= PMI activity on the Four Level of Enquiry = | |||
{{Activity|Small Group Activity}} Before having a brief discussion on the differences of the levels of enquiry, it may be helpful to do a PMI (positives, minuses, interesting) activity where you work in groups of two or three and consider the PMIs of each approach. Remember, you can also use a PMI activity to consider the possible pros and cons of a random statement as in the ‘Plants can now walk in our World!’ statement in 5.1. | {{Activity|Small Group Activity}} Before having a brief discussion on the differences of the levels of enquiry, it may be helpful to do a PMI (positives, minuses, interesting) activity where you work in groups of two or three and consider the PMIs of each approach. Remember, you can also use a PMI activity to consider the possible pros and cons of a random statement as in the ‘Plants can now walk in our World!’ statement in 5.1. | ||
