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  1. Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice - Concerned with approaches to action research that integrate action and reflection and collaboration; aims include helping practitioners develop skills of reflective practice and communities of inquiry.
  2. Center for Inquiry- A school centered around inquiry.
  3. Classroom Resources for Inquiry and Problem Solving- A great article by Terese Herrera and Kimberly S. Roempler, ENC Instructional Resources.
  4. Educating as Inquiry: A Teacher / Action Research Site- Offers relevant research-based articles.
  5. Education Resources (Action Research/Teacher as Researcher) - A good collection of links from McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning).
  6. Framing Essential Questions- A framework for developing essential questions for student research.
  7. If I Teach This Way, Am I Doing My Job?- An article by Debra Sprague and Christopher Dede.
  8. inQuiry Attic- Inquiry based-lessons.
  9. Iwonder: Inquiry-Based Learning and Teaching- Offers teaching tools, strategies, realities.
  10. Questioning Toolkit- A comprehensive set of strategies for asking essential questions; gives examples of the types of questions students can ask.
  11. Supporting a Study Programme- Using Repertory Grid interviewing, to measure the student's knowledge and direct the student to the priority areas for learning, to accompany the student in the enrichment of their understanding, giving instant feedback on the growth in their comprehension.
  12. The Socratic Method- Teaching by asking instead of by telling.
  13. Supporting a Study Programme - Using Repertory Grid interviewing, to measure the student's knowledge and direct the student to the priority areas for learning, to accompany the student in the enrichment of their understanding, giving instant feedback on the growth in their comprehension.
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