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Research news and Comment: Teachers’ Roles in Promoting Science Inquiry With Students From Diverse Language Backgrounds

At the beginning of the year, I had all the students work in small groups to do activities because in my science methods class, I had been taught to set up groups like that to promote inquiry. When students worked in little groups, neither they nor I really knew what they were doing. As the year progressed, I could see the students learned better when we did things together as a whole group. I know how to help them focus and learn when we are all together. I realize that some people would frown on how I've moved from small to whole group instruction, but I can see a big difference in the way students pay attention and learn. These experiences have helped me rethink the inquiry process. I'm not convinced that the way it's presented in the methods courses is really the best way for students to learn science, at least not my kids (fourth grade Haitian classroom teacher in an inner-city school).