by Toni Chehlarova and Evgenia Sendova, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and Elisaveta Stefanova, General High School Vladislav Gramatik, Sofia

The authors describe the development of a didactic scenario illustrating inquiry-based learning (IBL) implemented in an educational project. The project shows that two ideas are central when implementing IBL: to include problem solving scenarios that can be developed both vertically - in grades - and horizontally - applying the integral approach within the same grade, i.e. to let students see one and the same notion reflected in different contexts. more ...

by Jonker Vincent, University of Utrecht

Inquiry-based learning is an instructional method developed during the discovery learning movement of the 1960s. It was developed in response to a perceived failure of more traditional forms of instruction, where students were required simply to memorize fact laden instructional materials.

Inquiry learning is a form of active learning, where progress is assessed by how well students develop experimental and analytical skills rather than how much knowledge they possess. more ...