A Web Quest is an inquiry-based lesson that uses mostly online resources to guide students through an investigation. Web Quests aim to increase student motivation by addressing real-world problems from multiple perspectives and requiring cooperative work. They also promote higher-order thinking as students must analyze and synthesize information rather than just recall facts.

1. A Web Quest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all
the information that learners work with comes from the web. These can
be created using various programs, including a simple word processing
document that includes links to websites.
Why use a web Quest?
So why would a teacher want to use a WebQuests instead of more
traditional teaching methods? First, Web Quests increase student
motivation. When students are motivated, they are likely to put in more
effort, and their minds are more alert and ready to make connections. "
Several aspects of WebQuests contribute to increasing student
motivation. Many WebQuests tasks are designed to address problems
or issues that exist in the real world, which makes the task authentic. In
WebQuests, students use real, timely resources instead of dated
textbooks and materials that are only presented from one point of view.
WebQuests are often cooperative in nature, requiring students to take
on roles where they are part of a team that must accomplish the task.
They have to become experts on a certain topic and share this
information with their group. They know their teammates are counting
on them to contribute to the completion of the final task.
One of the key reasons for using WebQuests is that they prompt higher-
level thinking. The questions posed to students require more than just
finding and spitting back information. They must take the information
they research and transform it into something else. Often students have
to evaluate a variety of information sources that contain multiple
opinions. Prior to the Web, it was difficult for teachers to provide
resources with varying perspectives.

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