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Progressive Inquiry
Learning can be seen as a research practice aiming to solve
a group's
understanding of a subject by creating a visible
discussion of research
challenges, theories, scientific
facts and summaries. The process aims to
be progressive in
its approach by starting from initial problems and ideas
of
the students and then becoming progressively more challenging
through
creation of more elaborate problems, theories and
research practices.
The Progressive Inquiry knowledge types aim to scaffold a
learning community
to follow the process of setting up
research problems, making current
knowledge visible and
working from there to deepen the understanding on
the issue
by creating discussion notes. The reading and writing of
these
notes is seen as the key momentum of the process,
helping learners to
structure their ideas based on the
principle of scientific research.
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Problem
Your study problem in research. The learning process aims
at answering
to the problems presented by the students. The
purpose of defining a
problem statement is to explicate
your learning goals, to explain your
research interests and
also to introduce the questions that are
directing your
inquiry. After critically viewing the present
working
theories and by introducing new deepening knowledge
to the discussion,
also new subordinate problems can be
defined. |
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My Explanation
My Explanation presents your own conceptions (hypothesis,
theory,
explanation, interpretation) about the problems
presented by yourself or
some of your fellow students. "My
Explanation" is not necessarily well
defined or articulated
early in the inquiry process. However, it is
crucial that
the explication of your explanations evolves during
the
process and your working theories become more refined
and developed. |
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Scientific Explanation
Scientific Explanation presents some scientific findings or
other
knowledge that you have sought. Under Scientific
Explanation you may
brings to the discussion some new
points of view or otherwise helps the
inquiry process to
continue. It differs from your own explanation
(My
Explanation) in that it represents knowledge produced
by others,
generally some authority or expert. My
Explanations should be your own
ideas where as Scientific
Explanation is some ones else idea in the area
in
concern. |
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Evaluation of the Process
Your comment that focuses on the inquiry process and its
methods
instead of the process outcomes - meta-comment.
With a "Evaluation of
the Process" you may evaluate e.g.
whether the process is progressing in
the desired
direction, whether appropriate methods are used, how
sharing
of tasks and inquiry process is accomplished among
the members of the
learning community. |
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Summary
With a summary you draw pieces of the discussion together
and provide
inferences based on the discussion in the
Knowledge Building. The
summary may aim at identifying a
new Course Context or may reflect the
views of the writer
on the progression of the inquiry learning
process. |
