Civics Backstage: Setting the Scene with Primary Sources- Stripling Model of Inquiry
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(Visual description: A circular flow chart with the title in the center and six terms in a circle around the title. There are two-way arrows between each term.)
Title: Stripling Model of Inquiry
Top center: Connect
Pop-up text: Students will:
Use prior knowledge to make personal connections to the content.
Build background knowledge and set context for new learning.
Make observations and relate previous experience.
Upper-right: Wonder
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Develop questions.
Make predictions, generate hypotheses, and make a claim.
Lower-right: Investigate
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Evaluate sources to answer questions and develop evidence-based conclusions.
Think critically about information and generate new questions.
Bottom center: Construct
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Create new understanding connected to prior knowledge.
Draw conclusions about questions, hypotheses, and claims.
Synthesize information learned from multiple sources.
Lower-left: Express
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Apply understanding to a new context, new situation.
Share new ideas and learning with others.
Upper-left: Reflect
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Reflect on their own process of learning and understanding gained through inquiry.