The InquiryLab Journal
Research · Classroom practice · Education news — for people who teach.
Research
Project-Based Learning Outperforms Lecture in AP Courses, Randomized Trial Finds
In one of the most rigorous studies ever run on inquiry teaching, students in project-based AP courses passed their exams at meaningfully higher rates than peers in traditional classrooms — and the gap widened in year two.
Classroom Practice
Five Moves That Make Socratic Seminars Actually Work
Twenty years of running seminars in a New York public school taught me that the difference between a real seminar and fifteen minutes of awkward silence comes down to five design decisions made before anyone speaks.
AI & Education'Cognitive Debt': What Brain Research Suggests About Letting AI Do the Writing
Neuroscience researchers measured what happens when writers lean on a chatbot: less neural engagement, weaker memory of their own text, and a debt that lingers after the tool is taken away.
Latest
- Assessment & Policy Portrait of a Graduate: Why 20 States Are Rewriting What a Diploma Means
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- Classroom Practice Designing AI-Resistant Assignments: A Practical Framework
- Learning Science Why Revision Is Where the Learning Happens
- AI & Education 85% of High Schoolers Use AI for Coursework. Banning It Isn't a Plan.
