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Cornell School District
Inquiry-Based Approach Sparks Interest at Cornell Elementary
Before joining ASSET in 1995, Pam Gibson , a 5th grade teacher at Cornell Elementary, recalls that her students had no interest in science. Piloting her first module on electric circuits, however, sparked a current of change in her classroom and throughout the school. "Attendance went up, and my students couldn't wait for science—it became their favorite subject," Gibson said. "The hands-on, inquiry-based approach got students to think, and their ideas became part of the classroom activity. Then we got the whole elementary school involved (in ASSET) and it's been full-blown from there." In addition to having a positive impact on science teaching and learning, ASSET's inquiry-based approach and assessment strategies are cross-curricular, Gibson noted. "You can use that expertise through all other areas of teaching."
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 "I can say in two words why ASSET should be supported by the community, simply because: it works. "It's a program that is putting children in an environment where they get to solve problems. Basically when we put them in the real world out of the classroom, that's what we want them to do - we want them to be problem solvers. "Education is only going to work if we produce children and young adults who can go out and do the things we're asking them to do in the real world. And I truly believe that's what ASSET is allowing us to do in our classrooms." Michael Krestar Teacher, Ramsey Elementary School Gateway School District |
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