Defining the progression toward inquiry learning, this book provides an extensive overview of the past five decades and the evolution of inquiry in science, history, language arts, and information literacy studies.Information inquiry is a basic skill for those who examine information as a science, and its principles can be applied across the K-12 curriculum. Built around reflective reviews of more than two dozen articles from School Library (Media Activities) Monthly, this helpful book shows the evolution, adoption, and application of the inquiry learning process to the school library teaching/learning environment. Four levels of inquiry-controlled, guided, open, and free-are explored in association with the emerging national Common Core curriculum and the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner from the American Association of School Librarians. With the growing interest in the concept of inquiry and inquiry learning, you may find yourself needing to distinguish between the existing models and their applications. To help you do that, the book provides you with rich, historical context that clarifies the models, and it also projects future applications of inquiry and learner-centered teaching through school information literacy programs. These new applications, such as graphic inquiry, argumentation for inquiry, and the student as information scientist, offer tangible examples you can use to enrich the expanding information literacy curriculum.

CONTENTSPrefaceAcknowledgmentsSECTION I: INQUIRY: CONTROLLED, GUIDED, MODELED, AND FREEChapter 1 : Key Artifacts Reflecting Progression and Evolution Toward Inquiry Chapter 2 : Evolution of Controlled Inquiry Chapter 3: Guided, Modeled, and Mentored Inquiry Enhanced by Cognitive Apprenticeship Chapter 4: Free Inquiry and Student-Centered Learning Chapter 5: Various Perceptions of Inquiry SECTION II: INFORMATION INQUIRY: LEARNING PRACTICES FROM SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTHLYBibliography of Inquiry Articles from School Library Monthly 1997û2014Callison, D. and A. Lamb. "Authentic Learning" Callison, D. "The Student Information Scientist, Part I" Callison, D. "The Student Information Scientist, Part 2" Lamb, A. and D. Callison. "Graphic Inquiry for All Learners" SECTION III: INFORMATION INQUIRY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM: ARTICLES FROM SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTHLYChapter 6: Inquiry in Science and MathChapter 7: Inquiry in Language ArtsChapter 8: Inquiry in History Chapter 9: Inquiry and the Argument Curriculum Chapter 10: Inquiry and CommunicationSECTION IV: ADDITIONAL RESEARCH REVIEWSChapter 11: Challenges & Opportunities for Collaboration, Expanded Roles, and Future Facilities Chapter 12: Research on Inquiry Learning and Teaching Techniques Chapter 13: Student Online Searching and Evaluating Information Chapter 14: A Timeline for the Progression Through Information Literacy to Inquiry Index