recommended that teachers
implement an inquiry-based program. There is a wide range of interpretations of what
inquiry-based instruction is (Flick & Lederman, 2006; Minstrell & van Zee, 2000;
National Research Council, 2000; Windschitl, 2003). One description offered by the
standards was engaging students in:
asking questions, planning and conducting investigations, using
appropriate tools and techniques to gather data, thinking critically and
logically about relationships between evidence and explanations,
constructing and analyzing alternative explanations, and communicating
scientific arguments. (p. 105)