General overall search variations of 'inquiry learning'

Here are some examples of the more complex searches completed:

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Google

# Question 3 (teacher librarian): Search Strings Hits
1 "teacher librarian" 1,120,000
2 "teacher librarian" AND "inquiry learning" 27,200
3 "teacher librarian" AND "inquiry learning" AND primary 30,600
4 "teacher librarian" AND "inquiry learning" AND (primary OR elementary) 25,300
5 "teacher librarian" AND "inquiry learning" AND (primary OR elementary) AND (role OR job) 19,000
6 "teacher librarian" AND "inquiry learning") AND (primary OR elementary) AND (role OR job) -edu.au 18,300
7 "teacher librarian" AND "inquiry learning" AND (primary OR elementary) AND (role OR job) AND "whole school" -edu.au 10,500
8 "teacher librarian" AND "inquiry learning" AND ("primary school" OR "elementary school") 19,900
9 "teacher librarian" AND "inquiry learning" AND ("primary school" OR "elementary school") AND (role OR job) 17,400
10 "inquiry learning" AND "teacher librarian" AND "whole-school approach" 457
11 "inquiry learning" AND "teacher librarian" AND "whole-school approach" -thinkspace.csu.edu.au 522
12 ("teacher librarian" OR librarian OR "school librarian") AND (support OR help OR advocate) AND (inquiry w/3 learning OR "inquiry learning") AND (job OR role OR duty OR responsibility) 1,520,000
13 ("teacher librarian" OR "school librarian") AND (support OR help OR advocate) AND (inquiry w/3 learning OR "inquiry learning") AND (job OR role OR duty OR responsibility) 265,000
14 ("teacher librarian" OR "school librarian") AND (support) AND (inquiry w/3 learning OR "inquiry learning") AND (job OR role OR duty OR responsibility) 239,000
15 ("teacher librarian" OR "school librarian") AND (support) AND (inquiry w/3 learning) AND (job OR role OR duty OR responsibility) 238,000
16 ("teacher librarian" OR "school librarian") AND (support) AND (inquiry w/3 learning OR "inquiry learning") AND (job OR role) 224,000

Returning to Google for additional seraches surrounding modified question:
# Question 1 (engagement): Search Strings Hits
1 inquiry w/3 learning AND (social OR verbal OR non-verbal) AND (interaction OR engagement OR collaboration OR cooperation) AND (peers OR students OR learners OR friends) 31,000,000
2 inquiry w/3 learning AND (social OR verbal OR non-verbal) AND (interaction OR engagement OR collaboration OR cooperation) AND (peers OR students OR learners OR friends) 34,300,000
3 inquiry w/3 learning AND social AND peer AND (interaction OR engagement OR collaboration OR cooperation) 19,000,000
4 inquiry w/3 learning AND social AND peer AND (interaction OR engagement OR collaboration OR cooperation) FILTER: PAST YEAR 420,000
5 "inquiry learning" AND social AND peer AND (interaction OR engagement OR collaboration OR cooperation) AND primary FILTER: Past year 4,490
1 ("inquiry based learning") AND student AND social AND (engagement OR interaction) during "inquiry learning" AND "primary school" 28,000
2 ("inquiry based learning") AND student AND social AND (engagement OR interaction) during "inquiry learning" AND "primary school" FILTER: Past Month 70
3 student AND social AND (engagement OR interaction) during (inquiry in learning) AND "primary school" 13,600


Google Scholar

# Question 1 (Engagement): Search Strings Hits
1 ("inquiry learning" OR inquiry AJD3 learning) AND (strengthen OR encourage OR increase) AND (engage OR participate OR contribute) AND (topic OR "unit of work" OR subject) 3
2 "inquiry learning" AND (strengthen OR encourage OR increase) AND (engage OR participate OR contribute) AND (topic OR "unit of work" OR subject) 17,500
3 "inquiry learning" AND (strengthen OR encourage OR increase) AND (engage OR participate OR contribute) -science 1,700
4 "inquiry learning" AND student AND (strengthen OR increase) AND (engage OR participate OR contribute) -science 1,070
5 Same as 4, with Filter: Since 2014 379
6 "inquiry learning" AND student AND (strengthen OR increase) AND (engage OR participate OR contribute) AND (primary OR elementary) -science WITH FILTER: SINCE 2014 273
7 "inquiry learning" AND student AND social AND (engagement OR participation OR contribution OR interaction) AND (primary OR elementary) -science SINCE 2014 442
8 "inquiry learning" AND student AND social AND (engagement OR participation OR contribution OR interaction) AND (primary OR elementary) -science SINCE 2018 61
9 Inquiry ('inquiry based learning' selected from predictive menu displays) 2,420,000
10 (inquiry w/3 learning) primary interaction OR engagement OR participation "social" -science FILTER: 2013-2018 210
11 (inquiry w/3 learning) primary OR engagement OR participation peer "social interaction" -science 41
12 Reformulated in Advanced Search as results not returning what expected - see image FILTER: All in title 0
13 As above, without FILTER 91
14 "inquiry learning" AND "social interaction" AND (primary OR elementary) AND (strengthen OR increase) 1,660
15 "inquiry learning" AND "social interaction" AND (primary OR elementary) AND (strengthen OR increase) FILTER: Since 2014 1,610
16 "inquiry learning" AND "social interaction" AND (primary OR elementary) AND (strengthen OR increase) -science -college 20
17 "inquiry learning" AND "social interaction" AND (enhance OR increase) 4,330
18 "inquiry learning" AND "social interaction" AND (enhance OR increase) AND primary FILTER: Since 2017 614
19 "social interaction" primary "inquiry learning" 4,230
20 "social interaction" "inquiry learning" primary 4,650
21 "inquiry learning" AND "social interaction" AND (enhance OR support OR strengthen) AND primary 2,340

# Question 2 (Challenges): Search Strings Hits
1 "inquiry learning" AND (challenge OR difficulties OR barriers) AND (student OR teacher) AND (primary OR elementary) 18,500
2 "inquiry learning" AND (challenge OR difficulties OR barriers) AND (student OR teacher) AND (primary OR elementary) FILTER: SINCE 2017 2,630
3 "inquiry learning" AND (challenge OR difficulties OR barriers) AND student AND (primary OR elementary) -science FILTER: SINCE 2017 141
4 (challenges OR difficulties OR barriers) NEAR "inquiry learning" AND primary 1,190
5 (challenges OR difficulties OR barriers) W/5 "inquiry learning" AND primary 6
6 "social interaction" AND primary WITH "inquiry learning" 668


A+ Education

# Question 2 (Challenge): Search Strings Hits
1 (challenges OR difficulties OR barriers) AND (teacher OR educator OR leader) OR (student OR pupil OR learner) AND inquiry !3 learning 19,143
2 (challenges OR difficulties OR barriers) AND (teacher OR educator OR leader) OR (student OR pupil OR learner) AND inquiry !3 learning AND (primary OR elementary) 19,071
3 (challenges OR difficulties OR barriers) AND (teacher OR educator OR leader) AND inquiry !3 learning AND (primary OR elementary) 16
4 (challenges OR difficulties OR barriers) AND (student OR pupil OR learner) AND inquiry !3 learning AND (primary OR elementary) 17
5 SUA:Inquiry 1,654
6 SUA:Inquiry AND (primary OR elementary) 633
7 SUA:Inquiry AND (challenges OR difficulties OR barriers OR obstacles) 179
8 SUA:Inquiry AND (challenges OR difficulties OR barriers OR obstacles) AND (primary OR elementary) 66
9 SUA:Inquiry AND (challenges OR difficulties OR barriers OR obstacles) AND (primary OR elementary) NOT science 44
10 SUA="Primary school teachers" SUA="Inquiry" 65
11 SUA="Primary school teachers" SUA="Inquiry" AND challenge 0

# Question 1 (Engagement): Search Strings Hits
1 ?nquiry learning 3,162
2 inquiry !3 learning 618
3 ?nquiry !3 learning 651
4 ("inquiry learning" OR inquiry !3 learning) AND (strengthen OR encourage OR increase) AND (@engage OR @participate OR @contribute) AND (topic OR "unit of work" OR subject) 2
5 ("inquiry learning" OR inquiry !3 learning) AND (strengthen OR encourage OR increase) AND (@engage OR @participate OR @contribute) 14
6 (inquiry !3 learning) AND (strengthen OR encourage OR increase) AND (@engage OR @participate OR @contribute) 14
7 (inquiry !3 learning) AND (strengthen OR increase) AND (@engage OR @participate OR @contribute) 6
8 (inquiry !3 learning) AND (strengthen OR increase) AND (engagement OR @participation OR @contribution) 9
9 Inquiry !3 learning AND increase AND (engagement OR participation) AND primary 3
10 SUA:Participation 7015
11 SUA:Participation AND inquiry !3 learning 15
12 SUA:Inquiry AND (primary OR elementary) AND engagement 91
13 SUA:Inquiry AND (AB:engagement OR AB:participation) AND (AB:primary OR AB:elementary) AND (AB:strengthen OR AB:build) 0
14 inquiry !3 learning AND AB:engagement AND AB:primary 5
15 SUA:Inquiry AND SUA:Participation AND (primary OR elementary) 16


ProQuest ERIC

# Question 2 (challenges): Search Strings its
1 Exact("Inquiry") AND (Exact("Elementary School Teachers") OR Exact("Elementary School Students")) AND Exact("Barriers") 15
2 Exact("Inquiry") AND Exact("Elementary School Students") AND Exact("Barriers") 13
3 Exact("Inquiry") AND Exact("Elementary School Teachers") AND Exact("Barriers") 9
4 (inquiry NEAR/3 learning) AND MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Elementary School Students") AND MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Barriers") 4
5 (inquiry NEAR/3 learning) AND MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Elementary School Teachers") AND MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Barriers") 3
6 ((inquiry NEAR/3 learning) OR "Active Learning") AND MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Elementary School Teachers") AND MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Barriers") 9
7 ((inquiry NEAR/3 learning) OR "Active Learning") AND MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Elementary School Students") AND MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Barriers") 4
8 ((inquiry NEAR/3 learning) OR "Active Learning") AND MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Elementary School Students") AND ("Barriers" OR "challenges") 36
9 ((inquiry NEAR/3 learning) OR "Active Learning") AND MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Elementary School Teachers") AND ("Barriers" OR "challenges") 22
10 (challenges OR barriers OR difficulties OR limitations) AND ("inquiry based learning" OR "active learning") AND ("primary school" OR "elementary school") 61

# Question 1 (engagement): Search Strings Hits
1 Exact("Inquiry") AND Exact("learner engagement") AND Exact("primary education") 6
2 (SU.exact("LEARNER ENGAGEMENT") AND SU.exact("STUDENT ATTITUDES")) 2064
3 (SU.exact("LEARNER ENGAGEMENT") AND SU.exact("STUDENT ATTITUDES") AND SU.exact("INQUIRY")) 50
4 Exact("elementary school teachers") AND Exact("learner engagement") AND Exact("active learning") 11
5 Exact("elementary school teachers") AND Exact(("student participation") OR ("participation")) AND Exact("active learning") 9
6 Exact("student attitudes") AND Exact(("interpersonal communication") OR ("interpersonal relationship")) AND Exact("active learning") 16
7 Exact("student attitudes") AND Exact(("interpersonal communication") OR ("interpersonal relationship")) AND Exact("active learning") AND (primary OR elementary) 0
8 (active learning) AND (engage* OR participat*) AND ("primary school" OR "elementary school") 571
9 (active learning) AND (engage* OR participat*) AND ("primary school" OR "elementary school") FILTER 2013-2018 229
10 ("active learning") AND (engage* OR participat*) AND ("primary school" OR "elementary school") NOT science 129
11 ("active learning") AND (engage* OR participat*) AND ("primary school" OR "elementary school") NOT science FILTER 2013-2018 50
12 Exact("Inquiry") AND Exact("learner engagement") AND Exact("primary education") 4


ProQuest Education

# Question Two (challenges): Search Strings Hits
1 Exact("Active Learning") AND (Exact("Elementary School Teachers") OR Exact("Elementary School Students")) AND (challenges OR barriers OR difficulties) 2
2 Exact("Active Learning") AND Exact("Elementary School Teachers") OR Exact("Elementary School Students") AND (challenges OR barriers OR difficulties) 4159
3 (Exact("Active learning")) AND (Exact("Elementary School") OR Exact("Elementary Education")) AND (challenges OR barriers OR difficulties OR obstacles) 35
4 (Exact("Active learning")) AND ("Elementary School") AND (challenges OR barriers OR difficulties OR obstacles) 35
5 (challeng* OR difficult*) AND (Exact("active learning")) AND ("Elementary School") 37
6 (problems OR challenges) AND implement* AND (inquiry learning) AND (elementary school) 36,363
7 (problems OR challenges) AND implement* AND (inquiry learning) AND (elementary school) FILTER 2013-2018 17,950

# Question 1 (Engagement): Search String Hits
1 "Inquiry* Learning" AND (engagement OR participation OR interaction) AND social AND (primary OR elementary) 2,282
2 (MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Listening") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Personal relationships") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Social promotion") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Interpersonal communication") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Speaking") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Social conflict") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Human relations") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Classroom observation") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Social skills") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Peer relationships") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Emotional intelligence") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Speech") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Professional relationships")) AND Inquiry 2,711
3 (MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Listening") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Personal relationships") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Social promotion") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Interpersonal communication") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Speaking") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Social conflict") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Human relations") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Classroom observation") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Social skills") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Peer relationships") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Emotional intelligence") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Speech") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Professional relationships")) AND Inquiry AND Primary 10
4 (MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Listening") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Personal relationships") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Social promotion") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Interpersonal communication") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Speaking") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Social conflict") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Human relations") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Classroom observation") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Social skills") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Peer relationships") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Emotional intelligence") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Speech") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Professional relationships")) AND (Active learning) AND Primary 2
5 active learning AND interpersonal skills engagement 20,294
6 "active learning" AND "interpersonal skills" AND engagement 1,282
7 "active learning" AND "interpersonal skills" AND engagement AND (primary OR elementary) 1,140
8 (Primary education) AND (Active learning) AND Engagement 1
9 Exact("elementary school students") AND Exact("elementary school students" AND "active learning") AND ab(peer to peer) 0
10 Exact("active learning" OR "elementary school students" OR "relations") 16,801
11 Exact("active learning" AND "elementary school students" AND "relations") 0
12 Exact("active learning" AND "elementary school students") 3
13 Exact("active learning" AND "elementary schools") 4
14 Exact("active learning" AND "elementary") 0
15 Exact("active learning") 884
16 Exact("active learning") AND social 383
17 (Exact("active learning") AND social) NOT subt.exact("higher education" OR "college students" OR "distance learning" OR "colleges & universities" OR "nursing education" OR "universities" OR "engineering education" OR "pharmacy" OR "teacher education" OR "curriculum development" OR "engineering" OR "health education" OR "nursing" OR "physics" OR "research methodology" OR "science" OR "college campuses") 171
18 (Exact("active learning") AND social) AND subt.exact(("active learning" OR "students" OR "classrooms" OR "interactive learning" OR "problem based learning" OR "student participation" OR "collaborative learning" OR "elementary education" OR "motivation" OR "problem solving" OR "social interaction" OR "student attitudes" OR "cooperative learning" OR "behavior") NOT ("higher education" OR "college students" OR "distance learning" OR "colleges & universities" OR "nursing education" OR "universities" OR "engineering education" OR "pharmacy" OR "teacher education" OR "curriculum development" OR "engineering" OR "health education" OR "nursing" OR "physics" OR "research methodology" OR "science" OR "college campuses")) 133
19 (Exact("active learning") AND engagement) AND subt.exact(("active learning" OR "students" OR "classrooms" OR "interactive learning" OR "problem based learning" OR "student participation" OR "collaborative learning" OR "elementary education" OR "motivation" OR "problem solving" OR "social interaction" OR "student attitudes" OR "cooperative learning" OR "behavior") NOT ("higher education" OR "college students" OR "distance learning" OR "colleges & universities" OR "nursing education" OR "universities" OR "engineering education" OR "pharmacy" OR "teacher education" OR "curriculum development" OR "engineering" OR "health education" OR "nursing" OR "physics" OR "research methodology" OR "science" OR "college campuses")) 116
20 Exact("active learning") AND engagement 405
21 (Exact("active learning") AND engagement) AND pd(20130101-20181231) 364
22 (Exact("active learning") AND engagement) AND (subt.exact(("active learning" OR "students" OR "classrooms" OR "teaching methods" OR "teaching" OR "pedagogy" OR "education" OR "educational technology" OR "studies" OR "teachers" OR "learning" OR "collaboration" OR "skills" OR "student participation" OR "critical thinking" OR "interactive learning" OR "cooperative learning" OR "research" OR "stem education" OR "knowledge" OR "student attitudes" OR "blended learning" OR "simulation" OR "problem based learning" OR "schools" OR "collaborative learning") NOT ("higher education" OR "science education" OR "curricula" OR "college students" OR "distance learning" OR "core curriculum" OR "public speaking" OR "feedback" OR "instructional design" OR "nursing education" OR "online instruction" OR "pharmacy" OR "colleges & universities" OR "design" OR "health education" OR "nursing" OR "school environment" OR "classroom response systems" OR "engineering education" OR "success" OR "universities" OR "engineering" OR "researchers" OR "student retention" OR "teacher education" OR "theory" OR "independent study" OR "literacy" OR "mathematics education" OR "problem solving" OR "training")) AND pd(20130101-20181231)) 74
23 ("inquiry learning" OR inquiry NEAR/3 learning) AND (strengthen OR encourage OR increase) AND (engage[*8] OR participat[*8] OR contribut[*8]) AND (topic OR "unit of work" OR subject) 11,853
24 ("inquiry learning" OR inquiry NEAR/3 learning) AND (strengthen OR encourage OR increase) AND (engage[*8] OR participat[*8] OR contribut[*8]) AND (topic OR "unit of work" OR subject) AND (primary OR elementary) 10,260
25 (effect OR benefit OR influence) AND (inquiry NEAR/3 learning) AND social AND (interaction OR collaboration OR contribution OR participation OR engagement) AND (students OR peers) AND ("primary school" OR "elementary school") 6,070
26 (effect OR benefit OR influence) AND (inquiry NEAR/3 learning) AND social AND (interaction OR collaboration OR contribution OR participation OR engagement) AND (students OR peers) AND ("primary school" OR "elementary school") PLUS filters 1,182