Questionaire 3

1. Take some time to think about your topic. Now write down what you know about it.
I know that there are a wide range of different inquiry learning models out there. They each seem to start off with having the learner reflect on what they already know and can bring to their research before moving through to raising questions, finding answers, synthesising their knowledge and presenting their work before they finally assess what they have learnt and reflect on the process.
Inquiry learning is all about asking questions and finding out the answers yourself instead on relying on others for answers. Inquiry learning is all about experiential learning, 'learning by doing', the students goes and explores and discovers by experimenting and testing. Inquiry learning needs time, collaboration and careful planning. Teachers need to commit to watching closely so that they can intervene with appropriate scaffolding when the time arises when the process is guided inquiry. Kuhlthau has developed the ISP as a way to structure the inquiry process. The added dimension to her model that the other search process models don't place emphasis on is the emotional nature of the search process. It's normal to go through a wide range of emotions from anxiety and fear to elation throughout an inquiry project. Information literacy goes hand in hand with inquiry learning projects. Students need to know how to find, asses, keep track of and understand a variety of resources.

2. How interested are you in this topic? Circle the answer that best matches your interest. Not at all not much quite a bit a great deal

3. How much do you know about this topic? Circle the answer that best matches how much you know. Nothing not much quite a bit a great deal

4. When you do research, what do you generally find easy to do? Please list as many things as you like.
I have improved across all areas of research since the beginning of this unit of work. I am now better at finding resources as well as narrowing down the search. I am also better at telling if a piece of information is suitable to my needs without having to look too deeply into it and waste time.

5. When you do research, what do you generally find difficult to do? Please list as many things as you like. I find it difficult to know when to 'down tools' and stop the searching and get on with the collating, synthesising and creating. I have difficulty in letting go.