The Inquiry-based learning model
Does the inquiry-based learning model allow more flexibility for differentiating material? After reading about the different learning models, each has benefits in the classroom, but is there a model that would be more effective for all types of learners?
I have worked mainly with a direct-instruction model in the elementary school setting.
I have found some flexibility with the presenting material while working one-on-one with students; however, teachers use a scripted reading curriculum, and students either get it or don’t. When they do not, they have to go over the same material until they do.
With wanting to be a reading interventionist, I am looking at many programs and learning models that help neurodiverse learners.
Inquiry-based learning gives students autonomy in their education, allowing students to be met at their level and igniting curiosity that is so natural to younger students. Eliminating learning barriers to either being right or wrong and shifting to more learning models that develop vital problem-solving and critical thinking skills is highly beneficial to life.
https://www.literacytoday.ca/home/differentiation/effective-teaching-strategies/differentiation-and-inquiry-based-learning , Hansen, C.B., Buczynski, S., & Puckett, K.S. (2015). Evidence-based models of teaching Download Evidence-based models of teaching. In S. Wainwright (Ed.) Curriculum and Instruction for the 21st Century. (pp. 139-167). Bridgepoint Education.
