 Dr. MaryKay Orgill
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Time: 7 p.m.
Location:
Memorial Union's Greek Room,
Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
Sliding Toward Inquiry:
Using the Essential Features of
Inquiry to Improve Learning in the Laboratory Environment
In recent years, there has been a repeated call for science instructors to improve learning in the laboratory environment by modifying laboratory activities to make them less “cookbook” and more inquiry-oriented.
But what does that mean? What is “inquiry?” What does it look like in a laboratory learning environment, and what can an instructor do to make a laboratory activity more inquiry-oriented?
In this interactive lecture, we will discuss four historical laboratory instructional styles, their relationships to inquiry, variations of inquiry, and how instructors can use the “Five Essential Features of Inquiry” to make their laboratory activities more inquiry-oriented.
Sponsored by Jones Institute for Educational Excellence, ESU Departments of Physical Sciences, and Phi Delta Kappa.
Find out more at www.emporia.edu/jones/lecture/.
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