Toolkit
Why All These Penguins?
Birds as a Passion Project
Student tips for conducting interviews
Conducting interviews is a great way for students to get information on their topics, and also to practice introducing themselves,
Deciding Which Project or Action to do
This worksheet can help you decide which of several project or action ideas to work on. It's a
Worksheet for a Work Plan
Here's a simple way to make a workplan for your action or project. Workplan: To download worksheet pdf,
Re-thinking your goal, your mission, your individual purpose, your passion project…
Here is a list of nine ways to think about your direction in life. When I was a kid, I
Inquiry Mindset by Trevor Mackenzie
If you're looking for a book that dips your toe into inquiry as a teacher, check this one out!
FAQ For Teachers
Check out these common questions that teachers ask when exploring inquiry learning.
Questions about Actions and Products
Check out these frequently asked questions about taking action or building products
Open Inquiry: A Guide to Getting Started
Student-led inquiry is one of the best ways for students to learn and retain content, and for them to learn
Guided Inquiry Learning
Inquiry-Based Learning: The Basics Think of it this way: inquiry can be defined as the process of asking a question
What is Inquiry-Based Learning?
Learn the fundamentals about teaching in an Inquiry-based learning methodology.
Inquiry in Social Studies
Learn the specifics about teaching Inquiry-Based Learning in your Social Studies classroom.
Inquiry-Based Science
The scientific method of asking a question, doing background research, forming a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis by designing and completing
Question Productivity Index (QPI) Rubric
Beagle Learning developed the Question Productivity Index Rubric to help instructors engage student inquiry and teach them how to ask
Reading Difficult Material
To understand how strong information is, and how to incorporate it into your own opinions and decisions, we have to go to the source: Who originally discovered, measured, said, described this information? We need to go to the primary source.
Questions about Teams
Check out these frequently asked questions about facilitating a team inquiry experience
Questions about Research
Check out these frequently asked questions about researching a topic you care about.
Questions about Questions
Check out these FAQs about asking questions.
What Diversity and Inclusion Strategies Really Work?
With so many diversity and inclusion strategies out there, what really works? Beagle Learning CEO, Turner Bohlen, shares research and proven best practices.
ONLINE LEARNING: Four Steps to Preparing an Open Inquiry Course
Read our easy four steps on incorporating open inquiry into your curriculum!
A Podcast We Love: Reboot Revolution Episode Talks Bringing Inquiry to K-12
Listen to this podcast about different and easy ways to incorporate Inquiry into K-12 classrooms!
How to Improve Research Skills for Students (And Overcome These 5 Common Obstacles)
Read on how to level up your research skills and to leave old strategies behind!
I Stopped Lecturing so That My Students Could Own Their Learning
Read one professor's journey from lecture to inquiry-based learning in gender studies. Pick up her strategies and learn the benefits of inquiry-based learning.
A Three-Step Process for Making Your Lecture Interactive
According to research by Freeman S, et al. when using active learning compared to traditional lecture students’ average failure rate decreased by 12% and performance on identical or comparable tests improved by nearly half of the standard deviation of the test scores (an effect size of 0.47).
The Joy and the Fear of Learning: Ideas on How to Run an Undergraduate Research Course
Learn more about a new approach to undergraduate education, in which students are taught the key life skills that are all too often reserved for graduate school.
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Are Some Questions Better Than Others? Assessing Questions with Students [Rubric Download]
We think the secret to learning, the secret to progress, the secret to leading, is for the learner to ask great questions. Learn more about how questions drive us forward. Because without the right question, we’ll ever ever get to the right answer.
Any Questions? How to Turn Student Silence into a Conversation
I now cringe whenever I hear a speaker say, “Any questions?” Few of us are ever jumping out of our
How We Teach Problem-Solving, Or, A Step-by-Step Guide for Having Questions Lead Your Learning Experience
This is the fourth in a series of blogs on on questions in the classroom, following Turning Around Question-Asking in
Turning Around Question-Asking In Your Class
Three years ago I was nervously facing my first experimental class, a class at the end of which I planned
Learning in a Content-Saturated Environment
Mastering existing content is no longer enough; in today’s world we also need to master the process of learning,
Teaching Trigonometry with Inquiry Learning: A First Step?
Inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, and exploratory learning are terms we often hear today. Even if we don’t know what
High Hedonistic and Low Fatalistic: The Importance of Optimism and Agency in Life and in Education
Reprinted with permission from Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures (2017) Ed. Ed Finn and Joey Eschrich
Ambiguity and Nuance — Even In Mathematics
Mathematics is often seen as the epitome of a study of hard facts: answers are either right or wrong, concrete
Teaching One World
We all may truly want the same things for our students. A big question started as a little doubt, a
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Virtual Team Success: 10 Best Practices for Managing a Global, Remote Team [Example]
Navigating work is hard enough without the juggling of technology, coworkers, and scheduling. Read below our article on the best tips on managing a global remote team to help bridge that gap of difficulty that your company is currently facing.
What Do Corporate Teamwork and Higher Education Have in Common?
Over the past three months, we’ve been talking with more and more people about our online learning tool. And
What Do We Really Need to Be Better Teachers?
Compare and contrast: (1) students leaping out of their seats with blazing eyes and changing their lives in the movie
Them, Me and Us: Three Categories of Learning You Should Know
The quality education that we need isn’t about what other people have done. It’s about what current students
The Culture of Learning: Excellence Without Competition
What is the true premise of learning? How do you collaborate in it's purist form?
Coursera Present and Coursera Future
Some years ago a couple of MIT undergrads told me they no longer went to lecture, because the lectures were
7.4 Billion
Achieving a personal goal isn't easy. So how do you achieve a goal for 7.4 billion people?
The Human Context in Learning Math
What is mathematics? I am a mathematician and math teacher and I’ve often reflected on the question: What is
