INQUIRY BASED LEARNING

v  INQUIRY BASED LEARNING is a learning process through questions generated from the interests, curiosities, and perspectives/experiences of the learner.

v  FIVE GENERAL COMPONENTS

1.  Question
2.  Student Engagement
3.  Cooperative Interaction
4.  Performance Evaluation
5.  Variety of Resources

v  FOUR LEVELS

1.  Confirmation Inquiry
2.  Structured Inquiry
3.  Guide Inquiry
4.  Open Inquiry

v  STEPS :

1.  Questioning
2. Collecting Information
3.  Planning and Predicting
4.  Investigating
5. Collecting and Analyzing    the data
6.  Recording and Reporting
7.  Conclusion

v ADVANTAGE

1.   Students can find out the answer from their own research results so that more meaningful.

2.   This method is consistent with    modern psychological study that assumes that learning is a      process.

3.   Teaches problem-solving and critical thinking.

v DISADVANTAGE

1.  Teacher difficult to control the activities and student success.
2.  This method requires a long time to       research.