inquiry-based learning

"Practicing librarians and library educators demonstrate the power of inquiry to achieve the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and promote school librarians as key partners in implementing this type of critical teaching and learning in K-12 schools"--Provided by publisher.

Contains seventeen articles in which teachers describe strategies they have used to help raise student achievement in science at the elementary through high school level.

Presents lists of print and Web resources on stem cells, racial profiling, same-sex marriage, and over sixty other divisive subjects, librarians may use to help students with research, and offers advice on how to build an environment of inquiry at school.

Examines the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and school libraries, covering what the IBDP is, a profile of the learner, how school libraries fit into the program, and more.

Offers educators practical strategies to spur their students' ability and willingness to pose and answer questions related to what they learn in class.

Explores the concept of object-based inquiry, discussing how teachers can improve the learning process by using a variety of hands-on strategies and everyday objects in the classroom.