A Framework for Scientific Inquiry in Preschool
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DOI: 10.1007/s10643-021-01259-1
Abstract: Preschool children have the capacity to engage in scientific practices and inquiry and develop understanding at a conceptual level. While engaging in inquiry with preschool students, teachers transition from being transmitters of knowledge to facilitators… read more here.
Keywords: scientific inquiry; framework; science; inquiry ... See more keywords
An Examination of Credit Recovery Students’ Use of Computer-Based Scaffolding in a Problem-Based, Scientific Inquiry Unit
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DOI: 10.1007/s10763-017-9872-9
Abstract: In this study, we investigated how high school credit recovery students worked in small groups and used computer-based scaffolds to conduct scientific inquiry in a problem-based learning unit centered on water quality. We examined how… read more here.
Keywords: computer based; credit recovery; recovery students; inquiry ... See more keywords
Reintroducing “the” Scientific Method to Introduce Scientific Inquiry in Schools?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11191-021-00235-w
Abstract: There are some crucial critiques on scientific inquiry and “the” Scientific Method in current science education. Recent research literature is replete with arguments against inquiry’s legitimacy to be included in science classes, and it has… read more here.
Keywords: science; inquiry schools; scientific method; inquiry ... See more keywords
Understanding the Influence of Teacher-Directed Scientific Inquiry on Students’ Primal Inquiries in Two American Science Classrooms
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DOI: 10.1080/02568543.2020.1718807
Abstract: ABSTRACT Scientific inquiry is an often misunderstood concept in many elementary classrooms. On the inquiry spectrum, teacher-directed (TD) scientific inquiry is prevalent in schools. From a critical and social constructivism framework, TD inquiry programs affect… read more here.
Keywords: teacher directed; scientific inquiry; directed scientific; inquiry ... See more keywords
South African primary school learners’ understandings about the nature of scientific inquiry
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DOI: 10.1080/03004279.2020.1854956
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study investigated grade 4 learners’ understandings about the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (NOSI) in primary schools within the South African context. A qualitative methodology was employed using a framework of five knowledge aspects… read more here.
Keywords: scientific inquiry; school; south african; learners understandings ... See more keywords
Establishing an environment in which rigorous scientific inquiry is practiced: a personal journey
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DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac526
Abstract: Abstract For more than three decades, Ionis Pharmaceutics has pursued the challenging mission of creating a new platform for drug discovery. To overcome the numerous challenges faced required the integration of innovation across many scientific… read more here.
Keywords: environment; inquiry practiced; establishing environment; environment rigorous ... See more keywords
INTRODUCTION TO EXPERIMENTAL GEOECOLOGY: RESULTS OF A SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
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DOI: 10.1134/s1019331618060084
Abstract: The article presents the author’s concept of experimental geographical ecology and describes its core—landscape ecology—as well as the author’s empirical–statistical models and derived ecological–geographical concepts, which reveal the mechanisms by which landscape–ecological systems form at… read more here.
Keywords: scientific inquiry; introduction experimental; ecology; results scientific ... See more keywords
THE EFFECTS OF CRITIQUE-DRIVEN INQUIRY INTERVENTION ON STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING AND SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY COMPETENCY
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DOI: 10.33225/jbse/20.19.954
Abstract: In this information-rich 21st century society characterized by rapid expansion of knowledge, one of the important goals in science education is to cultivate students’ critical thinking and inquiry competency (Jenkins, 2011; National Research Council [NRC],… read more here.
Keywords: scientific inquiry; science; critical thinking; inquiry ... See more keywords