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C The Inquiry Framework - Clarify

Intro
Connect
Clarify
Combine
Create
Communicate

Clarify 
C the Inquiry in more detail
C The inquiry was designed to create a step by step process that guides learners on their inquiry. The C part is a bit of a play on letter sounds – See the inquiry the See becoming C due to all the key elements of the process starting with the letter C
Connect, Clarify, Combine, Create, Communicate.
The sixth and seventh and unwritten C’s are courage and commitment.
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Clarify - This is the most important step in the process of inquiry and if not done with authenticity will stifle the rest of the process. It takes about 10% of the time and most of this time is spent thinking. The easiest way to describe this step is that it is the filtering step. Inquirers have to consider the information they have gained in the connect stage and now need to filter out the parts of the concept that most interest them.
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It is critical that this is filtering is done through interest / engagement.  This step is about clarifying understanding and knowledge, while wondering about what next. Creating question / lines of inquiry require effort (cognitive) and are not easy, but the more familiar the inquirer becomes with the frameworks the more confident they will become with asking the questions.
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Clarification Questions
The major skill that needs to be developed in the Clarify stage is question creation and analysis. The core to all inquiries is the Big Question, a question that the learner seeks to solve. The learner needs to be able to develop a bank of facts to base their inquiry around. From these facts they will then need to start making predictions and creating questioning to test these predictions.
The C The Inquiry process has developed a number of  question frameworks to help the learner develop a questions at different levels Factual, Predictive, Analytical, Synthesis
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Find out about these frameworks on the  Questions page
Consider this:
Different inquirers need different support. The facilitator of the inquiry needs to understand how engaged the learner is in the concept and how motivated they are to solve the question. Understanding the learner’s motivation is critical as quality Big Question requires learner to persevere to find the solution.
When an Inquirer is learning the process the Big Question may be developed in conjunction with the facilitator or in some cases provided. As the learner becomes more experienced the Big Question has more depth and breadth.  
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The Big Question:
The Big question is called such because it is critical to a successful inquiry. As mentioned prior the Big Question needs to be well thought out and designed. Essentially it is this question that you need to solve or answer. The learner needs to be clear about what the question is asking them to find out, the more complicated question the more challenging the learning journey.
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To create a big question start small, What are the facts that you know or want to know. ​Using the Thinkers Cards (Graphic organisers) is a good way to collate this information.

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Quality Big Questions are designed, built and refined. They consist of essential elements, Question starters, Concepts Keys, Concept words. To build your Big Question it’s good to start with a Small Question, then a Compound Question and then Big Question. ​
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Question Starter + Content Words = Small Question
Two Small Questions + Conjunction Word = Compound Question
Compound Question + Concept Keys = Big Question  

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Question Starters:  Where? Should? How? Why? Would? Who? What? When?
​Coordinating Conjunctions:  And, Or, But, Nor, So, For, Yet
Subordinating Conjunctions: After, Although, As, As If, As Long As, Because, Before, Even If, Even Though, If, Once Provided, Since, So That, That, Though, Till, Unless, Until, What, When, Whenever, Wherever, Whether, While
Concepts Keys
Adaptations: The process of change to become better suited to an environment. ​
Causes: Something that brings about an effect or a result.
Changes: Makes or becomes different. ​
Characteristics: A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place or thing.
Communicate: Share or exchange information, news or ideas.
Compare: Estimate, measure, or note the similarity or differences between.
Conditions: Factors affecting the way in which people and animals live.
Connections: The state of being connected or linked.
Consequences: The effect, result, or outcome of something that occurred earlier.
Effects/Results: A thing that is caused or produced by something else.
Importance: The significance of a person, thing or idea.
Relationship: The way in which two or more people or things are connected.
Roles: The position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation.
Structure: To establish the relationship between the components of something.
Lifestyle: The way in which a person or animal lives.
Survival/Defence: The process of staying alive in the presence of or despite difficult conditions.
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Support material for developing a Big Question. Clarify booklet 
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Remember the Big Question drives your inquiry. Think big, as big as you can tackle...

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Topic Planning
Questions 
Concept Cards
Production Cards
Thinking Cards
For more  information on Questioning see the Questions Page
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  • C The Inquiry
  • People
    • Emotional Intelligence
    • Soft Skills
    • Circle of Courage
    • Growth Mindset
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      • Mindfulness Programs
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        • Chemical Reaction
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        • Art for Interaction >
          • Look Book
    • Self Awareness
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  • Place
    • Learning Environments >
      • LE Definition
      • Caves MT and W
      • Setting Up >
        • Space the Final Frontier
        • The Elements of Design
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      • Learning Environment Example >
        • Images of Enviroments
        • More Images
      • What is your sign?
  • Pedagogy
    • My School
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    • Influence and Ideas >
      • Pedagogy of Belonging
      • Cog or Linch Pin
      • RSA
      • Books