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It is important to distinguish, but not isolate, inquiry skills from inquiry processes. Skills are taught in the context of an inquiry in a manner that is integrated into the process of an inquiry. Domain-general inquiry is initiated by ‘student-generated questions’. Science student-generated questions are of five types (features, possibilities, function, mechanism and comparison), whilst History students generate questions are of three types (verification, request for information and causal). In Geography, there is a blend of Science and History student-generated questions (features, possibilities, comparison, request for information and causal). As the questions begin to focus on a particular topic, there is a shift to discipline- specific inquiry.
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Kidman, G., Casinader, N. (2017). Pebbles in a Pond: The Initiation of Inquiry. In: Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning across Disciplines. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53463-7_5
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