WebQuests%20vs%20Inquiry:%20Whose%20Question%20is%20it,%20Anyway?

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WebQuests vs Inquiry Whose Question is it,
Anyway?

• Philip Molebash Bernie Dodge
• San Diego State University

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Viva Las WebQuest
Adios Las WebQuest
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WebQuests The Beginning

• 1993 5M grant
• 7 Post-doc fellows
• 12 GAs
• Delphi study
• Meta-analysis
• Prototype testing n500

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Well..... not really.
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WebQuests The Beginning
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New WebQuest Server
http//webquest.sdsu.edu
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Now

• 4500 - 6400 hits/day
• 204,000 WebQuests in Google

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Concept-Making
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http//webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html
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Gridlock
http//imet.csus.edu/imet2/stanfillj/projects/grid
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What is Scaffolding?
Scaffolding is a temporary structure which
provides help at specific points in the learning
process. It allows learners to complete a
challenging task which they would not be able to
accomplish without help.
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How Do We Scaffold in a WebQuest?

• by
• Specifying the Task
• Specifying roles and perspectives
• Providing links and offline resources
• Providing outlines, guides and templates
• Guiding thinking through visual and other means

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Inquiry Levels of Science Activities

• 0. CONFIRMATION/VERIFICATION confirmation of a
  principle through an activity with the results
  are known in advance.
• 1. STRUCTURED INQUIRY students investigate a
  teacher-presented question through a prescribed
  procedure.

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Inquiry Levels of Science Activities

• 2. GUIDED INQUIRY students investigate a
  teacher-presented question using student-selected
  procedures.
• 3. OPEN INQUIRY students investigate
  topic-related questions which are student
  formulated through student-selected procedures.

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Levels of Inquiry
Level Problem? Procedure? Solution?
Not Inquiry No problem Complete worksheet Locate answers
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1 ? ?
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Ways of Thinking Acting Associated with Inquiry

• Asking questions
• Planning and conducting investigations
• Using appropriate tools and techniques to gather
  data
• Critical thinking about relationships between
  evidence and explanation
• Constructing and analyzing alternative
  explanations
• Communicating results/arguments

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Ways of Teaching Commonly Associated with Inquiry

• Science Experiments
• Problem-Based Learning
• Socratic Dialogue
• Constructivism
• WebQuests

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WebQuests 1. Structured Inquiry
RemoveScaffolding Learners Responsibility
Web Inquiry Projects 2. Guided Inquiry 3. Open
Inquiry?
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Web Inquiry Projects

• Use online uninterpreted data/information
• primary sources, weather data, sports statistics,
  music lyrics
• used in ways that allow learners to actively
  pursue answers to questions that are both
  interesting and relevant to their required
  studies.

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Web Inquiry Projects
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Web Inquiry Projects
http//edweb.sdsu.edu/wip/
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Balance
Structure
Freedom
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WebQuests and Weaning

• Q How does this way of teaching prepare kids to
  be independent inquirers?
• A Gradually!

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WebQuests and Weaning

• Q How does this way of teaching prepare kids to
  be independent inquirers?
• A Gradually!

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WebQuests and Weaning

• Q How does this way of teaching prepare kids to
  be independent inquirers?
• A Gradually!

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WebQuests and Weaning

• Q How does this way of teaching prepare kids to
  be independent inquirers?
• A Gradually!

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Stages of Self-Directed Learning

• 1. Dependent
• 2. Interested
• 3. Involved
• 4. Self-Directed

http//www.longleaf.net/ggrow/SSDL/Model.html
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Fading the WebQuest Support

• TASK Gradually allow more flexibility in how and
  what to produce in the task
• PROCESS Gradually provide fewer URLs and expect
  learners to find more
• PROCESS Gradually move scaffolding of
  notetaking, information organizing, writing
  prompts, etc. from required to implicit.
• CONCLUSION Put more resources here for learners
  to explore on their own later

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Levels of Inquiry
Level Problem? Procedure? Solution?
Not Inquiry No problem Complete worksheet Locate answers
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