Inquiry Based Curriculum:
NYS Common Core Standards
NYS Common Core Standards
New York City Information Fluency Continuum and Benchmarks and Assessments
APPR - Approved Rubrics- SED
WISE Curriculum created by WSWHE Boces, Capital Region Boces and Mary Ratzer
Mary Ratzer's Inquiry Workshop Documents:
Mary's wiki - Standard's Based Vision
CASDA Inquiry (ppt)
Common Core Learning Standards - Teacher collaboration (ppt)
Engaging Learners in Inquiry (ppt)
Getting that Creative Idea born (ppt)
Ignite the Common Core with Inquiry (ppt)
Inquiry Common Core Crosswalk (ppt)
Inquiry Training Set (.doc)
Planning for Inquiry (ppt)
Transforming Learning with Quality Questions (ppt)
The following collaborative documents integrate the NYS learning standards with National Literacy Standards, National Educational Technology Standards, and the New York City School Library System Information Fluency Continuum. The group drew inspiration from research and curricular models, such as The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the Center for International Scholarship in School Library, and the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL).
This curriculum provides a framework for instructional partnership linking librarians, teachers, and students in an active learning environment. Fundamentally a skills based matrix, the curriculum was designed for collaborative planning and instruction and can be integrated into any curriculum area.
Based not only on problem solving and thinking skills, this matrix is inquiry driven which leads the learner to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information. The inquiry model empowers the learner to connect, focus, investigate, construct, express, and reflect/evaluate.
Potential outcomes of the implementation of this curriculum include:
- A boost in student achievement and motivation
- Development of higher order thinking skills
- Lifelong learners with productive habits of mind
- A school culture of collaboration
- Enhanced knowledge in the content areas
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