webquests vs inquiry: whose question is it, anyway?
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WebQuests vs Inquiry: Whose Question is it, Anyway?. Philip Molebash & Bernie Dodge San Diego State University. Viva Las WebQuest. Adios Las WebQuest. WebQuests: The Beginning. 1993: $5M grant 7 Post-doc fellows 12 GA’s Delphi study Meta-analysis Prototype testing n=500. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WebQuests vs Inquiry:
Whose Question is it, Anyway?
Philip Molebash & Bernie DodgeSan Diego State University
WebQuests: The Beginning
• 1993: $5M grant• 7 Post-doc
fellows• 12 GA’s• Delphi study• Meta-analysis• Prototype
testing n=500
New WebQuest Server
http://webquest.sdsu.edu
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html
http://www.geocities.com/salemwitches_ca
Gridlock
http://imet.csus.edu/imet2/stanfillj/projects/grid/intro.htm
What is Scaffolding?
Scaffolding is a temporary structure which provides help at specific points in the learning process.
It allows learners to complete a challenging task which they would not be able to accomplish without help.
How Do We Scaffold in a WebQuest?
by…• Specifying the Task• Specifying roles and perspectives• Providing links and offline
resources• Providing outlines, guides and
templates• Guiding thinking through visual
and other means
Inquiry Levels of Science Activities
0. CONFIRMATION/VERIFICATION – confirmation of a principle through an activity with the results are known in advance.
1. STRUCTURED INQUIRY – students investigate a teacher-presented question through a prescribed procedure.
Inquiry Levels of Science Activities2. GUIDED INQUIRY – students
investigate a teacher-presented question using student-selected procedures.
3. OPEN INQUIRY – students investigate topic-related questions which are student formulated through student-selected procedures.
Levels of Inquiry
Level Problem? Procedure?
Solution?
Not Inquiry
No problem
Complete worksheet
Locate answers
0
1 –
2 – –
3 – – –
Ways of Thinking & Acting Associated with Inquiry
• Asking questions• Planning and conducting
investigations• Using appropriate tools and
techniques to gather data• Critical thinking about relationships
between evidence and explanation• Constructing and analyzing
alternative explanations• Communicating results/arguments
Ways of Teaching Commonly Associated with Inquiry• Science Experiments• Problem-Based Learning• Socratic Dialogue• Constructivism• WebQuests
WebQuests1. Structured Inquiry
Web Inquiry Projects2. Guided Inquiry3. Open Inquiry?
RemoveScaffolding
Learners’Responsibility
Web Inquiry Projects
Use online uninterpreted data/information– primary sources, weather data,
sports statistics, music lyrics…– used in ways that allow learners to
actively pursue answers to questions that are both interesting and relevant to their required studies.
WebQuests and Weaning• Q: How does this way of teaching
prepare kids to be independent inquirers?
• A: Gradually!
WebQuests and Weaning• Q: How does this way of teaching
prepare kids to be independent inquirers?
• A: Gradually!
WebQuests and Weaning• Q: How does this way of teaching
prepare kids to be independent inquirers?
• A: Gradually!
WebQuests and Weaning• Q: How does this way of teaching
prepare kids to be independent inquirers?
• A: Gradually!
Stages of Self-Directed Learning
• 1. Dependent• 2. Interested• 3. Involved• 4. Self-Directed
http://www.longleaf.net/ggrow/SSDL/Model.html
Fading the WebQuest Support• TASK: Gradually allow more flexibility in
how and what to produce in the task• PROCESS: Gradually provide fewer URLs
and expect learners to find more• PROCESS: Gradually move scaffolding of
notetaking, information organizing, writing prompts, etc. from required to implicit.
• CONCLUSION: Put more resources here for learners to explore on their own later