Teaching an Inquiry Lesson

From teaching an inquiry lesson I have learned that it is not an easy task. An inquiry lesson has a great deal of thought that must go into it. For starters, the students must recall the scientific or inquiry method. Generally, this method is taught in science class but can be applied to all different topics.

I found it to be very difficult to convey to the students that it is okay for a hypothesis to be wrong and that many times, our first guess is not always right. However, it was easy for students to understand the mystery part of it all and doing research on an individual is very exciting and interesting. For the lesson I taught, I could have been more clear on the directions before beginning the lesson. This would have helped the students to better understand the task at hand. I feel that I could have also made the reading of the clues a little more difficult. This would have promoted higher-order thinking.