This report features syntheses of select Causality: School Libraries and Student Success II (CLASS II) research findings as they relate to the Shared Foundations of Inquire, Include, Collaborate, Curate, Explore, and Engage from the The American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) "National School Library Standards for Learners, School…

The American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Causality: School Libraries and Student Success II (CLASS II) project was the first step in developing a long-term, three-phase school library research agenda to investigate causal relationships between school libraries staffed by professionally prepared school librarians and student learning.…

This article presents the Blended Learning Virtual Reality Inquiry Framework, an original framework for creating virtual reality inquiry-based lessons for the modern technology-driven classroom. The framework shared in this article invokes research on blended learning , experiential learning, and inquiry-based learning to structure a virtual…

With the evolving technologies available to educators and the increased importance of including technologies in the classroom, it is critical for instructors to understand how to successfully utilize these emerging technologies within their curriculum. To ensure they are prepared, further study on the best practices and challenges of…

Curricular methods and materials on population that should be used by all educators, not just population educators, enable students to learn how to make responsible decisions affecting themselves, their families, and their communities. (Author/JH)

Presents teaching methods and learning activities to help high school students examine the extent of sex stereotyping and sex bias in their schools. Students investigate classroom dynamics, analyze the school yearbook, and interview administrators. They then make summary statements and form hypotheses. Sample forms are included. (KC)

Designed to introduce students to the world through nonfiction, this book presents easy-to-follow suggestions for class projects, activities, strategies, and learning centers. The book uses an integrated approach to promoting inquiry in the classroom through the use of quality nonfiction. Aimed at middle grade students and using vignettes which…

Inquiry is defined here as the scientist's method of problem solving. Presents a bent wire phenomenon activity designed to engage students in the active process of solving a problem in science. A model is proposed to explain the phenomenon. (MA)

This toolkit explains how to get started with a collaborative process of professional development that includes selecting best practices and identifying ways to put them into action. It is a companion to an online resource, "The Knowledge Loom: What Works in Teaching & Learning." The loom as a metaphor suggests a work in progress, a…

A prewriting activity requires elementary and middle school students to compose a political cartoon interpretation by asking questions and helps develop their writing ability. An example shows how the prewriting strategy translates into a specific classroom application. (AM)

Presents a social studies unit of study that involves having students conduct investigations of events and people in their own neighborhoods. (FL)

Presents and discusses the following six questions to focus students' inquiry experiences: (1) What do you think will happen? (2) What actually happened? (3) How did it happen? (4) Why did this happen? (5) How can we find out which of these hypotheses is the most reasonable? (6) How can you relate the investigation to your daily life? (PR)

Suggests learning activities for teaching elementary school students about the family. Activities include drawing pictures, role playing, interviewing older family members and relatives, and making charts of positive and negative aspects of family life. (Author/DB)

Describes a locally developed, grade 7 unit focusing on the migration of the earliest people of the Polynesian region. Inquiry strategies and activities encouraging inferential thinking are used with the unit. (JN)

Describes a social studies unit for teaching high school students about energy. Entitled "Energy Tradeoffs in the Marketplace," the unit focuses on economic aspects of energy, economic-related educational games, social decision making with regard to energy, and social studies skill development. (DB)