Inquiry-Based Learning in Science Education: A Content Analysis of Research Papers in Ethiopia (2010–2021)

Table 4

Frequently studied inquiry types in the collected IBL papers in Ethiopia (2010 to 2021).

Types of inquiry	Level of inquiry/models	f	%
Confirmatory inquiry	0	0	0
Structured inquiry	1	0	0
Guided inquiry	2 (5E)	15	65.2
	2 (7E)	1	4.4
Open inquiry	3	0	0
Mixed	Level 0,1,2,3	7	30.4
Total		23	100

The total frequency and percentage of the types of inquiry in the studies under consideration.