Chart to Decide Protocol
Review
• Take some time
to review all
your journal
entries up to
this point.
• Look for ideas
and questions.
Reconsider
• Identify what is
interesting to
you.
• Use a
highlighter to
mark what's
interesting.
Visualize your
questions
• Create a chart
of your ideas.
• Look for
similarities and
differences.
• Place similar
ideas together
in a cluster of
circles.
• With new
ideas, create a
new cluster of
circles.
• Write a
question that
represents the
ideas in each
cluster.
Identify three
of the most
interesting
questions.
Share with your
inquiry circle
• Take your chart
to the inquiry
circle to help
you identify
the direction of
your inquiry.
Consider the
following
questions with
your group:
• How much
time do I have?
• How much
information is
available?
• What are my
learning goals?
• Am I interested
in this?
From Guided Inquiry Design: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School by Carol C. Kuhlthau, Leslie K. Maniotes, and Ann K. Caspari. Santa
Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited. Page 98. Copyright © 2012.