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Compare and contrast the inquiry-based model of instruction with the project method. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. Explain how the use of reading/learning strategies is related to brain research and constructivism.

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This solution compares the project method and the inquiry-based models of instruction and discusses the strengths an weaknesses of each. Additionally, the solution explains how these two methods are related to constructivism an brain research.

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The project method of instruction emerged from a method used to teach students of architecture and engineering. It is a way of encouraging students to experience an environment, direct their own learning, and complete a project of value based on these factors. The method involves very little teacher direction; teachers act more as facilitators. Emphasis in the project method is on experiential learning - learning through experiences.

Strengths: students explore individual interests; students work on projects of practical "real world" value; students employ creativity; students use prior knowledge

Weaknesses: students do not learn anything they are not already interested in; ...

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