At its most fundamental level inquiry can be viewed as a process for answering questions and solving problems based on facts and observations. You can organize a general Inquiry lesson with real data or the teacher can become the data source and students have to ask questions to find a solution. The general goal is to help students develop the intellectual discipline and skills necessary to raise questions and search out answers stemming from curiosity through the application of scientific inquiry. Teacher selects a puzzling situation or problem that is of interest to students. Teacher determines how much information should be presented to the students at the beginning of the inquiry process.
Teacher only responds to questions with yes or no answers.
A student can only ask a question when called upon. Teacher can ask students to rephrase invalid questions. Teacher can provide additional information or guide questioning. Students can talk with each other only during consultation sessions. Students must use the language of the inquiry process.