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WIKINQUIRY

Our database focuses on the complex teaching cycle of inquiry. Inquiry is the process of guiding children to knowledge through asking and answering questions about things that are relevant in their world. This concept is thoroughly demonstrated in the book //Ladybugs, Tornadoes, and Swirling Galaxies// by Brad Buhrow and Anne Garcia. Buhrow and Garcia offer real-life examples of inquiry at work in their Colorado classroom of English language learners. Guided Inquiry “allows them (students) to look at learning as an ongoing process rather than something that starts and finishes”(Buhrow 81). Our database takes comprehension strategy instruction to the next level by creating a literary collage of scholarly articles and informative websites. This collaboration of thought is meant to provide relevant resources to future educators.

In this database users will be able to find article summaries about the elements of inquiry, which include art, guided inquiry, identity, lesson planning, metacognition, scaffolding, science, and writing. By using this database students, teachers, and future teachers will find basic definitions, examples of how to use the elements of inquiry, summaries that may be useful for research papers, and general questions about inquiry. Teachers will also become aware of alternate teaching methods. As a group, we found that incorporating inquiry into the classroom can be a challenging task, but when teachers and students familiarize themselves with the concepts and phases of the cyclic process of inquiry, the outcome is beneficial as well as rewarding.

**Josep **