COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY

1. COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY What the child can do in cooperation today he can do alone tomorrow.-Vygotsky Collaborative Inquiry

2. COOPERATIVE LEARNING • Mixed Ability Groups • Peer Tutoring • Arranging the Classroom • Group Roles and Individual Responsibilities Collaborative Inquiry

3. Cooperative Learning Rulesinclude • Everyone is responsible for his/her own work • Productive talk is desired, and necessary for learning • Each person is responsible for his/her own behavior Collaborative Inquiry

4. Cooperative Learning Rulesalso include • Try to learn from others within your group • Everyone must be willing to help anyone who asks • Ask the teacher for help if no one in the group can answer the questions Collaborative Inquiry

5. Observing Classifying Comparing Sequencing Measuring Communicating Using Data Graphing Using Language Sharing Using Space-Time Relationships Predicting Estimating Inferring Inquiry Process Skills Collaborative Inquiry

6. Reasoning Criticizing Performing logical analysis Searching for supporting evidence Evaluating outcomes Fluency Flexibility Originality Elaboration Critical and Creative Thinking Collaborative Inquiry

7. Focusing skills Information- gathering skills Remembering skills Organizing skills Analyzing skills Generating skills Integrating skills Evaluating skills Core Thinking SkillsBoth critical and creative thinking make use of specific core thinking skills Collaborative Inquiry

8. References • Adams, D. & Hamm, M. 1998. Collaborative Inquiry in Science, Math, and Technology. Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH. • Vygotsky, L. S. 1962. Thought and Language. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Collaborative Inquiry