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Capacity Building Series SPECIAL EDITION #24. Getting Started with What is inquiry? Student Inquiry Inquiry is an approach to learning There is growing consensus, both provincially and internationally, that greater student whereby students find and use a engagement leads to greater student achievement (Cummins, et al.,2005; Flessa variety of sources of information and et al., 2010; Leithwood, McAdie, Bascia, & Rodrigue, 2006; Willms, Friesen, & Milton, ideas to increase their understanding 2009). While engaged students may appreciate extrinsic rewards such as good grades of a problem, topic or issue of impor- or praise, their motivation is not dependent on them. They are engaged in learning because they find it interesting, enjoyable and self-fulfilling. Intellectually engaged tance. It requires more than simply learners stay on task, view errors as learning opportunities and persist in their efforts answering questions or getting a right to overcome challenges.

e c t i o n n d d b a c k 3 nquiryProcess engageintheexploratoryphase,theymayreturntotheirinitialtopicor intheanalyticphase,theymaydiscoverthattheyneedtoreturntotheir

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