Figure 1
The diagram shows four interconnected stages: Exposure, Curiosity, Investigation, and Consolidation. Exposure involves encountering new materials. Curiosity is about perceiving an interest or gap. Investigation includes deliberative inquiry. Consolidation focuses on integration and transfer to the next domain. Each cycle deepens adaptive expertise.The inquiry-driven learning cycle. Each cycle deepens the learner's adaptive expertise; the cycle recurs at greater depth when learners encounter novel materials or new domains. Source: Author's own work