Inquiry is simply asking a question, looking for data, and using the data reflectively to come up with answers.

Source: Indiana Department of Educationhttp://www.indianawebacademy.org/pdp/2_plan/inquiry/inquiry.html

The Anatomy of an Inquiry Question

It’s a long road behind you

It’s a long road ahead

If you follow every dream, you might get lost

If you follow every dream, you might get lost

Neil Young

“The Painter”

What is this???

On what did you focus?Why did you decide to focus on these things?What role did the image itself play? your past experiences? your perception? your feelings?

Narrow the scope -What is this?

Even more focused?

The Big Picture?

How far have we come?

What did we learn by doing this?

We often start with the “big picture”, then focus.

Our image of what we think is important is sometimes blurry.

By focusing, we can sometimes make better sense of the big picture.

Does the formation of an inquiry question truly end?

Remember this?

What are the sources of inquiry?

Inquiry focus

comes from a difficulty

or “felt need”

(Dewey)

Inquiry focus

comes from systematic

data analysis

Something in between????

Question identifying and listing the questions you might want to explore

(NOTE: Plan could also be your first step)

Plan developing a strategy to find pertinent information

Collect data harvesting information which casts light on the key questions

Analyze rearranging the puzzle pieces, looking for patterns

Implications making sense of the puzzle pieces - getting the picture

Compare figuring out what's missing, what else is needed

Question the cycle continues

Constructing an inquiry question is really an inquiry in

and of itself