Inquiry Is Not Good Active Learning
Even though inquiry-based learning is considered a type of active learning, the evidence on the benefits of active learning does not generalize to this method.
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However seductive, this idea of discovery learning (or inquiry-based learning) has repeatedly been shown to be ineffective [11-17]. Despite the evidence available from numerous properly controlled, rigorously conducted experiments, many educational researchers remain strong advocates for the method due to the pivotal confusion—there is plenty of scientific evidence in support of 'active pedagogies' that are characterized by a learning environment in which students are attentively and actively engaged in their own learning. However, even though the so-called inquiry-based learning is considered a type of active learning, the scientific evidence on the benefits of active learning does not generalize to this very distinctive method. Until now, however, these approaches have advanced in the field of undergraduate mathematics education in parallel, with inadequate cross-referencing.
