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Whitin, Phyllis; Whitin, David J. – 1997
This book describes inquiry learning during a year-long classroom exploration with 4th graders, which began with setting up a bird feeder and a journal for students to record observations. The authors argue that schools have been organized to make things easy for learners, shielding them from the messiness, ambiguity, and change of intellectual…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cooperation, Curiosity
