CONNECT One thing that connected with me today was definitely the benefits of Inquiry-Based Learning . Compared to the earlier years of implementation, I feel that at least right now, the learners do not have as much inertia towards asking questions compared to the generations before. It is in a way, a habit that had to be formed in their formative years, so that they may continue to more sophisticated levels of questioning at the secondary school level. When they become curious enough to want to find out more, there is motivation to want to search for the answers. The unknown becomes an exciting notion that ought to be solved, and the process to working together to find the answers becomes an interesting one. Having gone through it first-hand, they can then better retain the learnt knowledge to memory. If sufficient interest is generated, it may even deepen learning. EXTEND To some extent, IBL also brings back our last few discussions on metacognition . As we plan for...