Argument-Driven Inquiry To Promote the Understanding of Important Concepts & Practices in Biology

摘要

The current iteration of the ADI instructional model consists of the following steps: * the identification of a task by the classroom teacher that creates a desire for the students to make sense of a phenomenon or to resolve a problem * a laboratory-based experience where small groups of students have an opportunity to generate or analyze data using appropriate tools * the production of a tentative argument that articulates and justifies an explanation on a medium that can be seen by others * an argumentation session where groups share their arguments and then critique and refine their explanations * a written investigation report generated by individual students that explains the goal of the investigation, the method used, and provides a well-reasoned argument * a double-blind peer review of these reports to ensure quality and to generate valuable feedback for the individual authors * the subsequent revision of the report based on the results of the peer-review * an explicit and reflective discussion about the inquiry. * An Example Lesson To illustrate how to use the ADI instructional model, we will describe an ADI lesson that we developed for a tenth grade biology class.