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Practical Advice On How to Help Eliminate the Hispanic Achievement Gap in Science Part 1: Effective Teaching Techniques Old Model Historically, multiculturalism in science was viewed as a form of remediation based on a deficit model. The lack of success by culturally diverse students was assumed to stem from their home culture being less advanced than the mainstream. Thus, remediation was designed to compensate for their supposed lack of knowledge, skills and motivation. (Chiappetta and Koballa, 2002) New Model Today, most educators reject this model. Instead, it’s not just the student who must adapt to the classroom but rather the classroom must adapt to the student as well. So... how does the science teacher adjust their classrooms to the changing needs of their students? Proven Teaching Strategies According to Belenky, Clinchy, Goldberger and Tarule (1986), female students achieve better in science classrooms that employ the “connected teaching” technique. This constructivist technique encourages, collaboration, promotes tolerance of uncertainty, has the teacher function as facilitator and not scientific authority and who relies on investigation and hands-on experiences to help the student make sense of the world. A rose by any other name... This technique is simply inquiry under an assumed name. In fact, every “technique” that has been shown to be highly effective in reaching non-traditional science students is a subset or a bold-faced rehash of the inquiry method. Ironically, inquiry has been shown to be the best method for ALL students. So... Why don’t we all do inquiry all the time? It takes practice, time to develop and there are many myths about inquiry that make it difficult for teachers to use. What is inquiry? What is inquiry? Simplest definition – any activity that does the following: Generates question or problem to be solved. Causes selection of a course of action and carrying out procedures of investigation. Results in gathering and