Inquiry in the Classroom

Acknowledgments; Introduction: Inquiry in the Classroom: Identifying Necessary Components of a Useful Definition; Section I; Editor's Note: Describing Section I's use of Inquiry in the Classroom; Students' Knowledge and Skill With Inquiry; What Students Need to Know and Do in Inquiry-Based Instruction; How Do I Do This? Skills Students Need for Inquiry; What Did You Do in Science Today?; Section II; Editor's Note: Describing Section II's Use Of Inquiry In the Classroom; Selecting and Using Inquiry Approaches To Teach Science:; The Influence of Context In Elementary; Middle; and Secondary Schools; Section III; Editor's Note: Describing Section III's use of Inquiry in The Classroom; Accommodating Student Diversity Within Inquiry; Gender and Inquiry in the Classroom: Contexts and Contests; Inquiry for Diverse Student Populations: Promises and Pitfalls; Transformative Inquiry: Implications and Conclusions; Section IV; Editors' Note: Describing Section IV's use of Inquiry in the Classroom; The Accountability Movement and Inquiry: Must They be Mutually Exlusive Demands?; Assessing Student Understanding in an Inquiry-Based Learning Environment; The ""Problem"" of Inquiry: The Divide Between Educating for Credentialing and Educating for a Democracy; Is There Room for Inquiry in a World of Accountability?; Section V; Editors' Note: Describing Section V's use of Inquiry in the Classroom; Teacher Knowledge and Enacting Inquiry; Teacher Knowledge About Inquiry: Incorporating Conceptual Change Theory; A Framework for Examining Professional Knowledge for Teaching Science via Inquiry; Moving Past a Belief in Inquiry as a Pedagogy: Implications for Teacher Knowledge; Requisite Teacher Knowledge About Inquiry: Resources for Thinking About Teaching for Inquiry; Section vi; Editors' Note: Describing Section IV's use of Inquiry in the Classroom; Student-Scientists Partnerships: Exploring one Example of Inquiry in the Classroom; Inquiry and Student Scientist Partnerships; The Science of a Student Scientist Partnership; Real Science in Real Schools?,; Making a Student Scientist Partnerships Work; About the Authors.