Inquiry-Based Approaches: What Do Students Think? June 25, 2013 By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching and Learning “Inquiry-based learning is an umbrella term, encompassing a range of teaching approaches which involve stimulating learning with a question or issue and thereby engaging learners in constructing new knowledge and understandings.”
(p. 57) Teachers who use these approaches act as facilitators of learning. Students start becoming more self-directed learners. Inquiry-based learning. Inquiry based learning & teaching. Www.edutopia.org/pdfs/edutopia-teaching-for-meaningful-learning.pdf. Active Learning Assessments. Assessment. Research has repeatedly shown that assessment practices used by teachers have a significant impact on student achievement and engagement and that substantial learning gains can result from providing students with frequent feedback about their learning.
Additionally, it is lower-achieving students that will benefit the most from effective summative assessments. Strong assessment practices must be woven into the continual practices of an effective learning environment, and this is especially true in an inquiry-based study.