Things to think about when reflecting on your inquiry

There are a wide range of things people need to consider when reflecting on their inquiries, here are some thoughts...

A good starting point is to think of the difficult aspects and the easy aspects and the resulting learning from these times. Here are some things to consider:

How well you worked as a team (making decisions, communicating with each other, listening to others' ideas, etc.).

What was hard about the way we formed inquiry teams? What would you suggest for next time?

What it was like creating a key question with people you didn't naturally choose to work with? What was good and not so good about this?

What was it like using the telephone to research? What was difficult? What was easy about this source of information? How does the efficiency of this tool compare to other tools (for example the internet or books)?

How did you manage to check the quality and relevance of the information you found? Which tools did you use to help with this?

How well did you organise the information you found?

Which part of the inquiry process did you and your group find the most challenging and why?

What was the area in which your group needed to improve the most? What would you do differently next time to make this happen? What tools or skills do you need to be more successful next time you do inquiry?