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1、Thisisadraftversionfor“Chu,S.,Chow,K.,Tse,S.K.&Kuhlthau,C.C,(2008).GradeFourStudents’DevelopmentofResearchSkillsthroughInquiry-basedLearningProjects.SchoolLibrariesWorldwide.14(1):10-37.”GradeFourStudents’DevelopmentofResearchSkillsthroughInquiry-basedLe

2、arningProjectsAuthors:SamChu,TheUniversityofHongKongKenChow,CanossaPrimarySchoolShek-kamTse,TheUniversityofHongKongCarolCollierKuhlthau,RutgersUniversityAbstract:ResearcherslikeHarada,Yoshina,Donham,Bishop,KuhlthauandOberghavepointedoutthebenefitsforstud

3、entstomovefromrotetoinquirylearning.However,“thenorminmanyclassroomsremainsteachingpracticethatresultsinrotelearningandregurgitatedfacts”.Inrecentyears,theHongKonggovernment’sEducationBureauhasputinquiry-basedlearningasthefirstemphasisunderthenewGeneralS

4、tudiescurriculumforprimaryschoolswiththeobjectiveof“creatingmorelearningspacebyremovingobsoletecontent,allowingmoretimeforinquiry-basedlearning".Manyschoolsarenowattemptingtoincorporatethismodeoflearningintotheircurriculum.ThisstudyreportsontwophasesofIB

5、Lprojectsundertakenby141GradeFourstudents,eachphaselastingfor2-3months.TheprojectswereledbyGeneralStudiesgeneralstudiesteachers,andheavilysupportedbyChinese-languageteachers,theinformationtechnologyteacherandtheschoollibrarian.Throughanalyzingthelessonpl

6、ans,in-classexercises,homeworkassignments,writtenreports,presentationsbystudents,anddatacollectedthroughsurveysandinterviews,thisarticlefocusesspecificallyontheroleofthegeneralstudiesteachersinguidingstudentsthroughtheinquiryprocess.Italsoanalyzesthestud

7、ents’developmentofknowledgeandresearchskills,aswellasstudents’andparents’perceptionsoftheprojects.Keywords:researchskills,inquiry-basedlearning,GeneralStudies,knowledgecultivation,informationliteracy.35E:file-serverfs_tmpdownload2c2791458c2400360df5

8、d17b31e52a3.doc9/29/2021IntroductionHaradaandYoshina(2004a,2004b),aswellasDonham,Bishop,KuhlthauandOberg(2001)haveshownthebenefitsofinquiry-basedlearning(IBL)forstudents,ascomparedwithrotelearning.However,“thenorminmanycla