S03 - Symposium

Designing Inquiry-Based Labs for Physics and Biology: Lessons learned from practitioner-researcher partnerships

• Rhys Adams, Karl Laroche, Elizabeth Charles, Kevin Lenton, Michael Dugdale, Sean Hughes, Caroline Cormier, Véronique Turcotte and Chao Zhang

We report on two Inquiry-Based Laboratory (IBL) based practitioner-researcher partnerships. Our IBL implementations have evolved over 2-3 semesters, resulting in (1) a four-module sequence that culminates in a design project for Physics, and (2) a new script based on conceptual progression for Biology. We will elaborate on our research findings, and how our approaches could serve as models for other science courses wishing to implement IBLs.

For the full abstract of the presentations, please refer to the Conference Program