Keywords
text sets, authentic inquiry, cooperative learning
Abstract
This article explores three ways a teacher incorporated text sets into her seventh-grade classroom to foster authentic inquiry. Student reflections suggest this approach helped them cultivate questioning, researching, and cooperative learning skills that became lasting habits of inquiry and helped them succeed on core tests.
Original Publication Citation
“Using Text Sets to Foster Critical Inquiry.” English Journal 105.2 (2015): 88-95. (with Devery Bellingham)
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Coombs, Dawan and Bellingham, Devery, "Using Text Sets to Foster Critical Inquiry" (2015). Faculty Publications. 9612.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/9612
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
English Journal
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
English
Copyright Status
Copyright © 2015 by the National Council of Teachers of English. All rights reserved.
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