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All rights reserved. The concept of inquiry remains relevant today, as educators continue to struggle to bring to reality the definition offered by Sund and Trowbridge. Common to many approaches is the use of the learning cycle, pioneered by Karplus and Their in the 1960's. Students should develop the ability to refine and refocus broad and ill-defined questions. An important aspect of this ability consists of students' ability to clarify questions and inquiries and direct them toward objects and phenomena that can be described, explained, or predicted by scientific investigations.