Phases of inquiry-based learning: Definitions and the inquiry cycle

Educational Research Review

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-61

  Pedaste, Margus ^a   Mäeots, Mario ^a   Siiman, Leo A ^a   de Jong, Ton ^b   van Riesen, Siswa A N ^b   Kamp, Ellen T ^b   Manoli, Constantinos C ^c   Zacharia, Zacharias C ^c   Tsourlidaki, Eleftheria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d Ellinogermaniki Agogi Scholi Panagea Savva ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Inquiry cycle; Inquiry phases; Inquiry based learning; Inquiry based learning framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924046886     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2015.02.003     Document Type: Review

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