Inquiry-based teaching self-assessment

How do you introduce a subject to your students?

I lecture. While lecturing I do not ask my students any questions. In the end, they are free to ask questions if they haven’t understood something.

I lecture most of the time but sometimes I ask them some questions to initiate a small discussion. They are free to ask a question if they haven’t understood something.

My class is part lecture from me, part discussion with my students. They are free to ask their own questions at any given moment.

I usually start with a little lecturing, but the biggest part of the class is focused on discussion and students’ questions.

My students do all the talking; I only introduce to them the subject and ask them some preliminary questions. I support them when needed.

What kind of hands-on activities do you do in your class?

Our hands-on activities are completely guided. I provide my students with a thorough step-by-step guide they have to follow.

Our hands-on activities are mostly guided. Students are provided with a detailed guide but in some parts they are free to make their own choices.

In our hands-on activities I only provide my students with a basic line of work but they are free deviate from it whenever they want.

Our hands-on activities are quite open. I provide my students with the objective and some initial guidance but they have to decide for themselves how to set-up their work.

Our hands-on activities are completely open. I only give my students the objective and they have to decide how to work on it. I only facilitate them if I have to.

How much time do you spend on lecturing vs hands-on activities

I only do lectures.

I do mostly lectures. Sometimes we might do a little experiment.

I lecture and do hands-on experiments equally.

I ask for other students’ opinions and then I ask the first student to reconsider his/her answer.

I never lecture. We go straight to a hands-on activity.

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