Editorial Introduction: Educator Inquiry into Authentic Learning

Realizing Authentic Inquiry Activities with ICT

We report on our research and development work in the last decade, which has recently been pre sented in a PhD thesis (Heck, 2012a) and which generally aimed at improving the contribution of ICT to inquiryoriented mathematics and science education. We present the research setting and main outcomes of the PhD study, the scope of which was limited to pedagogical and software design perspectives o...

Integrating Inquiry-based Learning into Undergraduate Geology

Despite robust rationales for using an inquiry-based pedagogy in university and college-level science courses, it is conspicuously absent from many of today's classrooms. Inquiry-based learning is crucial for developing critical-thinking skills, honing scientific problem solving ability, and developing scientific content knowledge. Inquiry-based pedagogy provides students with opportunities to ...

Integrating Inquiry-Based Learning into Agricultural Education

The Design of Authentic Inquiry for Online Knowledge-Constructive Interaction and Self-Regulated Learning Processes

This study examined students’ self-regulated learning processes and satisfaction within an authentic, inquirybased learning module in a graduate-level online course. In this design-based case study, a WebQuest-based, authentic learning module was developed to support self-regulated, collaborative discussions, and implemented with 22 graduate students at a large southeastern university in US. On...

Embedding Inquiry based learning into Programming via Paired Assessment

Changes within our approach to teaching can make some students feel uncomfortable. To overcome this, inquiry based learning, which is strongly supported by research in the areas of intellectual development and approaches to learning (Prince, 2007), can be used. Inquiry based approaches should be introduced in combination with existing teaching styles in order to address the needs of all student...