In this episode of Progressively Incorrect, Zach Groshell and Bradley Arnold discuss “Why Inquiry-Based Approaches Harm Students’ Learning” by John Sweller. Brad emphasizes the importance of developing students’ inquiry skills through a variety of activities that are determined on the basis of formative assessment, and Zach isn’t sure whether inquiry skills are biologically primary, and therefore cannot be taught, and attempts to describe the difference between one-way lecturing and effective explicit instruction.
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