The basic character is the inseparability between situation and recognizing main body , that is to say new and unknown knowledge are necessarily revealed in question situation ; the question situation is sine qua non of producing cognizing requirement of student as cognizing main body to new knowledge . the question situation causes intense collision and interaction between old knowledge and new knowledge , exposes the insufficient of old knowledge , stimulates the learner ' s strong desire to mutually explore , discover and assimilate new knowledge , which makes the thinking advance and coincide with teaching . the target of inquiry learning method is not " yesterday " of students " developments , but " tomorrow " ; not makes students acquire new knowledge , improve original cognized framework , but far more important , is to cultivates students " ability of solving problems , help their creative potentialities and learn to cooperate with others 其基本特点是情境与认知主体的不可分离性，即：新的、未知的知识是问题情境中必须加以揭示的；问题情境是产生学生? ?认识主体对新知识的认知需要的必要条件，问题情境引起原有知识与新知识的激烈冲突、相互作用，暴露了原有知识的不足，激发了学习者互动探索、发现、建构新知识的强烈欲望，这样才推动了与教学过程同步进行的思维的发展；研究性学习的着眼点不是学生发展的“昨天” ，而是学生发展的“明天” ，不仅是使学生获得新知识，改善原有的认知结构，更重要的是增强学生解决问题的能力，帮助学生挖掘其潜在的创造可能性，学会与人合作，以促进人的发展为最终目的，从而实现教学与发展的辩证统一。
