David Wetzel on March 9th, 2009

Scientific inquiry involves students designing invetigations and the ability to ask the right questions. One common problem students encounter at first is developing questions that lead to yes/no or true/false answers. These type of questions lead to poor experimental designs. Optimal inquiry-based questions are open-ended questions. As students analyze evidence to explain findings, open-ended questions provide answers they [...]

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