4. Dr. Mahar’s Presentation
Key Points:
• Don’t focus so much on the textbook
• Have students do research themselves
• Studies find this to be a greater predictor of
college readiness than IQ scores
• Students develop higher learning through
cross-text reading
5. How do we get it done?
Use a variety of sources:
• Trade books
• Journals
• Articles
• Internet
6. Where is the Inquiry?
• Have the students question the material they
are reading
• Within a category let them have learning
choices
• Let students value the material by applying
text to their lives. (how does the information
they are learning affect them?)
• Gradually increase the complexity of the text
• Have the students conduct research
7. Follow up and Discussion Questions
• How do you manage classroom time
incorporating journals, textbooks and other
cross-text material?
• How do you correlate inquiry based learning
to Regents standards when students are
controlling the learning?
• How can we encourage social motivation
through dialog without it leading to students
engaging in chit chatting behavior?
