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Huinan Liu; Bo Chen; Kai Chen; Yanting Jing – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The diversity of scientific methods has received increasing attention in the field of science education. This paper aimed to investigate how preservice chemistry teachers perceive scientific methods and their diversity. Based on the theoretical framework of Brandon's Matrix and previous research, two tasks (i.e., Task 1 "understanding of the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level, Scientific Methodology, Diversity
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Arnold, Julia C.; Mühling, Andreas; Kremer, Kerstin – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: Scientific thinking is an essential learning goal of science education and it can be fostered by inquiry learning. One important prerequisite for scientific thinking is procedural understanding. Procedural understanding is the knowledge about specific steps in scientific inquiry (e.g. formulating hypotheses, measuring dependent and…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Education
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Kuang, Xiulin; Eysink, Tessa H. S.; de Jong, Ton – Journal of Educational Research, 2022
This study investigated the effects of providing domain information in an early stage of an inquiry process, together with an aligned hypothesis scratchpad, on inquiry learning, and hypothesis generation in particular. Participants were provided with basic domain information that was adapted to their prior knowledge (experimental condition) or…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Hypothesis Testing, Secondary School Students, Prior Learning