Model-Based Inquiry

Model-based inquiry highlights the metacognitive aspects of managing and moving effectively through cycles of inquiry. The Focal KSAs in this design pattern are students’ capabilities to manage their reasoning across in inquiry cycles. A key Variable Task Feature to consider is the degree of scaffolding to provide students as they move from one aspect of an inquiry to another. All the considerations, design choices, work products, and observations addressed in the preceding design patterns can be involved in a model-based inquiry task.