Webbing

Webbing is the search phase of this inquiry model. According to Callison, it relates to the exploration of the topic. He believes that questioning and exploration (wondering and webbing for the 8W's model) continuously interact. I agree that one redefines the other continuously throughout this process. I thought researching the history of chess would be a great starting point. With an initial search of Google, I found that there is a ton of information out there about the game of chess. Just searching for the keyword "chess" returned over 38 million hits! Wow! Where do I begin?

I chose to make my search words a little more specific. After searching the phrase "chess history", the results were significantly lower, down to 516,000. Though the revising of my keywords did reduce the amount of hits, that was still a lot of information to sift through.

Feeling overwhelmed, I turned to Britannica Online, accessed through the IUPUI library. I just love online encyclopedias. They are just so easy to use and very informative. The main contents of the entry outline the characteristics of the game and its history. It also gives information on theories and additional reading suggestions. This source seems much more manageable and a nice comfortable place to start.