inquiry-based learning
nounA way of learning where you ask questions and find answers yourself.
In inquiry-based learning, the students explored why leaves change color by asking questions and doing experiments.
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2. A teaching method where the teacher guides students to investigate real questions instead of just giving facts.
The science teacher used inquiry-based learning to help students design their own experiments.
3. An approach in which learning starts from a learner's own questions rather than a fixed lesson plan.
Her classroom is built on inquiry-based learning, so every unit begins with a question from the students.
4. A style of education that values the process of asking, exploring, and explaining over memorizing answers.
The school's inquiry-based learning program encourages kids to keep asking 'why' until they understand.