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Designing Rigorous Inquiry-Based Instruction

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 * Reading Assignment before our __last__ professional development workshop. Read one of these articles, keeping in mind the guiding questions for discussion purposes:**
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 * Guiding Questions:**
 * What is student engagement? What does a classroom of engaged learners look like?
 * students are engaged when they are actively thinking about and questioning the material. If they are simply parroting the book or teacher then they are not engaged. Our kids are great at parroting and they recieve much praise and reward for this. CMK
 * How do we know if learners are engaged?
 * What is the difference between a compliant and an engaged learner?
 * How can we use the instructional strategies to build a rigorous learning environment for all students?


 * Workshop Session 1: Rigorous Inquiry-Based Instruction**
 * Overview of workshop and go over guiding questions
 * Discuss: Participants share their initial responses to the guiding questions and discuss the articles they read (prior to the workshop)


 * Workshop Session 2: Double Fishbowl**
 * Participants form double fishbowl.
 * The inside circle continues the discussion about the articles read, using the guiding questions.
 * After 15 minutes, the inside circle members turn to the outside circle members to further the discussion for 5 minutes.
 * Then the outside circle members become the inside circle members and resume the discussion for 15 minutes and then close the conversation.
 * Workshop Closing:**
 * Participants answer the following question (by clicking on edit, typing response with initials and saving): What is one key idea you will take away from this workshop that you continue to talk about with your collegues.