The Inquiry Based Flipped Classroom

Zach Cresswell - @z_cress

Steve Kelly

Zach Cresswell

Who we are...

Let's Play...

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  • Learn something new
  • Consider how play might fit in your classroom

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  • Try to recreate the mock up (Or create your own!)
  • Only parabolas and lines are required
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Reflection

But what changed?

A Hybrid Approach

Some Research...

Learners, especially in school settings, are often faced with tasks that do not have apparent meaning or logic (Klausmeier, 1985). It can be difficult for them to learn with understanding at the start; they may need to take time to explore underlying concepts and to generate connections to other information they possess. 

From How People Learn which can be found here.

Some (more) Research...

We are showing that exploration, inquiry and problem solving are not just ‘nice to have’ things in classrooms,” said Blikstein. “They are powerful learning mechanisms that increase performance by every measure we have.”  Pea explained that these results indicate the value for learning of first engaging one’s prior knowledge and intuitions in investigating problems in a learning domain – before being presented with abstracted knowledge. Having first explored how one believes a system works creates a knowledge-building relevance to the text or video that is then presented, he said.

 

From Before Reading or Watching Videos, Students Should Experiment First which can be found here.

Our Idea

Explore 
Flip
Apply

Resources here

What happens in class?

Class Design

  • Collaboration
  • Chromebooks
  • Differentiated 

Class Design

  • Collaboration
  • Chromebooks
  • Differentiated 

Specific Activities

Composition + Operations

On Functions

Skateboarding

Distance v. Time

Skateboarding

Distance v. Time

Skateboarding

Distance v. Time

Skateboarding

Distance v. Time

A Few of My Favorites

Final Thoughts

Thinkers

Collaborators
Tinker...ers

Suggestions

  • Collaborate
  • Think about how you learned the concept
  • Develop your network
  • Leverage your resources
  • You are creative

Resources

Contact

Twitter: @z_cress

Email: cresswellzach@gmail.com

Website: zachcresswell.org

Presentation: bit.ly/flippedinquiry2015

“If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem & 5 minutes thinking about solutions.”

—Albert Einstein

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