This model is designed to promote strategies of inquiry and the values and attitudes that are essential to an inquiring mind including: process skills (e.g., observing, collecting and organizing data), active learning, verbal expression, tolerance of ambiguity, and logical thinking.
1. Confrontation with the Problem
1.1 Explain inquiry procedures
1.2 Present discrepant event
2. Data Gathering - Verification
2.1 Verify nature of objects and conditions
2.2 Verify the occurrence of the problem situation
3. Data Gathering - Experimentation
3.1 Isolate relevant variables
3.2 Hypothesize (and test) casual relationships
4. Organizing, Formulating and Explanation - Formulate rules or explanations
5. Analysis of Inquiry Process - Analyze inquiry strategy and develop more effective ones.
