ELA.2.13 | TEKS Guide

English Language Arts and Reading.2.13

Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes. The student is expected to:

Knowledge and Skills Statement

Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

Glossary Support for ELA.2.13

recursive inquiry processes

When doing research, students are expected to be actively involved in an ongoing process of gathering and examining information in different ways and for a variety of purposes. Depending on the stage of the research work, this process can focus on specific aspects of the topic being studied (e.g., the life cycle of the tomato plant) or be sustained throughout the study (e.g., conditions that affect the growth of the tomato plant). The former is an example of a short-term inquiry, whereas the latter illustrates a sustained recursive (repetitious) inquiry process.