Guided Inquiry Design®

Carol C. Kuhlthau is professor emerita of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University, where she directed the graduate program in school librarianship rated number one in the country by U.S. News & World Report.Leslie K. Maniotes, PhD, is an education consultant and the cocreator and professional developer of Guided Inquiry Design®.Ann K. Caspari is education specialist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum and director of a professional development program for preschool teachers in the District of Columbia Public School on inquiry science for young learners.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Guided Inquiry Design: The Process, the Learning, and the TeamGuided Inquiry Process Phases of the Guided Inquiry Process Guided Inquiry Sessions Five Kinds of Learning Organizing the Guided Inquiry Learning Team Resources for Guided Inquiry What's Next? The Research Chapter 2: The Research Behind the Design Inside the Inquiry Process: What the Information Search Process Tells Us About Guiding and Intervening Zone of Intervention in the Information Search Process Stages of the Information Search Process Third Space: Where the Student's World Meets the Curriculum What's Next? Inquiry Tools Chapter 3: Inquiry Tools: Strategies for Guided InquiryThe Six Cs Inquiry Tools: Implementing Strategies Inquiry Tools are Interdependent Inquiry Tools for Assessment and Evaluation Inquiry Tools: Across the Guided Inquiry Process What's Next? Open Chapter 4: Open: Invitation to inquiry, Open minds, Stimulate curiosityOpen in Guided Inquiry Invite Learners In Establish an Inquiry Stance Engage the Community What is the Team Doing? What is the Learner Doing? Ideas for Open Sessions What's Next? Immerse Chapter 5: Immerse: Build background knowledge, Connect to content, Discover interesting ideasImmerse in Guided Inquiry Build Background Knowledge Connect to Content Discover Interesting Ideas What is the Team Doing? What is the Learner Doing? Ideas for Immerse Sessions What's Next? Exploring Chapter 6: Explore: Explore interesting ideas, Look around, Dip inExplore in Guided Inquiry Explore Interesting Ideas Look Around: Browsing a Variety of Sources Dip In: Relax, Read, and Reflect What is the Team Doing? What is the Learner Doing? Ideas for Explore Sessions What's Next? Identifying Chapter 7: Identify: Pause and ponder, Identify inquiry question, Decide directionIdentify in Guided Inquiry Pause and Ponder Identify Meaningful Questions Decide on an Inquiry Question What is the Team Doing? What is the Learner Doing? Ideas for Identify Sessions What's Next? Gather Chapter 8: Gather: Gather important information, Go broad, Go deepGather in Guided Inquiry Go Broad: A Comprehensive Search on Inquiry Question Go Deep: Learning from Information Within Sources Gathering Important Information Decide What is Enough What is the Team Doing? What is the Learner Doing? Ideas for Gather Sessions What's Next? Create Chapter 9: Create: Reflect on learning, Go beyond facts to make meaning, Create to communicateCreate in Guided Inquiry Reflect on Learning Going Beyond Facts to Interpret and Extend Create to Communicate Finding Authentic Audiences What is the Team Doing? What is the Learner Doing? Ideas for Create Sessions What's Next? Sharing Chapter 10: Share: Learn from each other, Share learning, Tell your storyShare in Guided Inquiry Learn from Each Other Share the Learning Tell Your Story What is the Team Doing? What is the Learner Doing? Ideas for Share Sessions What's Next? Evaluation Chapter 11: Evaluate: Evaluate achievement of learning goals, Reflect on content, Reflect on processEvaluate in Guided Inquiry Evaluate Achievement of Learning Goals Reflect on Content Reflect on Process What is the Team Doing? What is the Learner Doing? Ideas for Evaluate Sessions What's Next? Building Guided Inquiry Chapter 12: Building Guided Inquiry in Your SchoolThe Research: Follow-up Studies of the Information Search Process Building Guided Inquiry: Content and Process Culmination Conversations for Building Guided Inquiry Building Guided Inquiry as a Way of Learning Across the Grades Building a Collaborative School Culture Getting Started and Sustaining Change Building Guided Inquiry in Your School List of ResourcesReferencesIndex

Guided Inquiry Design: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School provides a wealth of information on how to use guided inquiry to create a student-focused learning environment . . . This book is immensely useful for K–12 teachers and school librarians, as well as for academic librarians who are interested in adapting the guided inquiry process for one-shot information literacy workshops or semester-long research skills courses.