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Zorfass, Judith; Copel, Harriet – Educational Leadership, 1995
The I-Search, an interdisciplinary, student-centered inquiry process, is an integral part of an upstate New York middle school's curriculum. Students are immersed in a motivating theme, develop their own search plans, follow and revise these plans as they gather information, and prepare papers as foundations for oral reports, skits, posters, or…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Program Descriptions