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Extending Inquiry-Based Learning to Include Original Experimentation
- The Journal of General Education
- Penn State University Press
- Volume 54, Number 2, 2005
- pp. 83-89
- 10.1353/jge.2005.0024
- Article
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Extending inquiry-based learning to allow students to develop their own questions and design and perform their own experiments can greatly enhance education. Students gain an appreciation of how knowledge is aquired and insights into evaluating data. Although easily applied to laboratory courses, the technique is also applicable to lecture courses.