Arguement Driven Inquiry
In this class, labs will be taught using an innovative process called Argument Driven Inquiry. Argument Driven Inquiry (ADI) is an instructional model that blends the learning of science content with practice in the nature of science and writing in a persuasive style. During an ADI unit, students have the opportunity to “design their own investigations, gather and analyze data, communicate their ideas with others during structured and interactive argumentation sessions, write investigation reports to share and document their work, and engage in peer review” of other students’ work. In this way, the classroom models how science works in the real world.
Argument-Driven Inquiry or ADI is a new approach to laboratory instruction. It was first developed as a way to give students an opportunity to learn science by doing science. To accomplish this goal, Argument-Driven inquiry is designed to:
Argument-Driven Inquiry or ADI is a new approach to laboratory instruction. It was first developed as a way to give students an opportunity to learn science by doing science. To accomplish this goal, Argument-Driven inquiry is designed to:
- Give students an opportunity to use the core ideas and crosscutting concepts of science to develop an explanation or model about a natural phenomenon.
- Engage students in meaningful inquiry using methods of their own design and to learn how to do so in a more productive manner.
- Encourage students to learn how to generate an argument that articulates and justifies an explanation or model as a result of the inquiry process.
- Provide opportunities for students to learn how to propose, support, evaluate, and revise ideas through discussion and in writing.
- Create a classroom community that teaches students to value evidence, critical thinking, skepticism, and new ideas or ways of thinking