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Inquiry-based Learning

Inquiry-Based Learning is an instructional approach within pedagogy that, as a form of student-centered learning, emphasizes active exploration, critical thinking, and the formulation of questions, hypotheses, and investigations to construct knowledge, distinguishing it from direct instruction and rote learning methods.

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2017–2026

1.9K

Variants

Inquiry-based Instruction

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Publications

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Determining Validity in Qualitative Inquiry

John W. Creswell, Dana L. Miller · Theory Into Practice · 2000 · 9K citations

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Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching

Paul A. Kirschner, John Sweller, Richard E. Clark · Educational Psychologist · 2006 · 6.7K citations · Full text

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Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education

D. Randy Garrison, Terry Anderson, Walter Archer · The Internet and Higher Education · 1999 · 6.4K citations

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Critical thinking, cognitive presence, and computer conferencing in distance education

D. Randy Garrison, Terry Anderson, Walter Archer · American Journal of Distance Education · 2001 · 3K citations

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Design-Based Research: An Emerging Paradigm for Educational Inquiry

Educational Researcher · 2003 · 2.6K citations

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Authors

10.3K

  1. TD
    Ton de Jong

    University of Twente, Netherlands

    37 publications · 3K citations

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  2. DR
    D. Randy Garrison

    University of Calgary, Canada

    24 publications · 18.1K citations

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  3. MC
    Marcia C. Linn

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    32 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. JK
    Joseph Krajcik

    University of Michigan, United States

    21 publications · 4.9K citations

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  5. VS
    Victor Sampson

    Florida State University, United States

    17 publications · 1.9K citations

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Institutions

2.3K

  1. University of Twente

    Enschede, The Netherlands

    36 h-index

    130 publications

    9.6K citations

  2. National Taiwan Normal University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    32 h-index

    113 publications

    6.7K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    32 h-index

    90 publications

    5.3K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    32 h-index

    121 publications

    21.3K citations

  5. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    30 h-index

    96 publications

    4.7K citations

  6. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    28 h-index

    69 publications

    3.3K citations

  7. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    27 h-index

    112 publications

    5.2K citations

  8. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    27 h-index

    68 publications

    3.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Research in Science Teaching

    JRST · 138 publications · 20K citations

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  2. International Journal of Science Education

    IJSE · 168 publications · 12.3K citations

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  3. Science Education

    82 publications · 12K citations

    50

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  4. Journal of Science Teacher Education

    106 publications · 6.3K citations

    44

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  5. Journal of Chemical Education

    118 publications · 4.3K citations

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