Drake Inquiry Project

The inquiry project allows you to identify as issue or situation in your professional setting that relates to the course content and that affords you the opportunity to apply that content to your own situation. You are guided through a step-by-step process of planning, implementing, analyzing, and evaluating strategies and techniques you learn in the course.

The Model

Drake University's video and online courses are designed on our lesson study based teaching model:

Analyze a concept to discuss the research and content related to standards-based learning

Plan & Demonstrate how to use the concept through effective teaching and learning strategies

Collaborate about the concept and instructional model for classroom implementation

Reflect on how the concept and instructional model meet the needs of individual students

Apply the concept and instructional model to help students meet curriculum goals and standards

Assess the effectiveness of the concept and model by analyzing the quality of students' work