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Luca Szalay; Zoltán Tóth; Réka Borbás; István Füzesi – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2025
The main objective of this four-year empirical research project has been to develop the experimental design skills of 12-16 year-old Hungarian pupils in Grades 7-10 of junior high school through guided inquiry, using six chemistry experiment worksheets each school year. Group 1 (control group) and Group 2 follow step-by-step instructions, but…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Problem Solving, Junior High School Students, Intervention
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Suritno Fayanto; I Nyoman Sudana Degeng; Syaad Patmanthara; Saida Ulfa – Science Education International, 2024
Design-Based Learning and computational thinking (CT) are two key components that support each other specifically in the learning process involving the development of experimental design. Both components emphasize the importance of integration between computational thinking and design-based learning to support a creative, innovative and data…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Teacher Effectiveness, Courses
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Wang, Juan; Xu, Xiaojuan; Shi, Xiujuan; Zhang, Jieping; Gao, Furong; Li, Jiao; Jia, Song; Xu, Jie; Zhang, Junfang; Peng, Luying; Li, Li; Chen, Jianjun; Li, Siguang; Lu, Lixia – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2021
In 2018, to help undergraduate medical students strengthen their self-learning and scientific research skills, we introduced an instructional model that combined literature-based learning with experimental design. We tested this model on the molecular biology class at Tongji University. In the first step of the model, a topic is chosen, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Medical Students
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Amorim, Gabriela; Balestrassi, Pedro; Paiva, Anderson; Gottzandt, Isabella – International Journal of Higher Education, 2014
The methodology used in this study was action-research and the considered activity is been applied successfully for at least five years to undergraduate and to master classes for Industrial Engineering students in Brazil. It showed a significant result in both cases, providing the basis for the deepening in the subject in further lessons.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Educational Objectives, Behavioral Objectives
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Çinar, Derya; Bayraktar, Sule – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2014
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of Argumentation Based Science Teaching on 5th grade students' conceptual understanding of the subjects related to "Matter and Change". This research is a qualitative research and its design is a multiple (compare) case study. In this study, semi-structured interviews related to the…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Scientific Concepts
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Sharples, Mike; Scanlon, Eileen; Ainsworth, Shaaron; Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Collins, Trevor; Crook, Charles; Jones, Ann; Kerawalla, Lucinda; Littleton, Karen; Mulholland, Paul; O'Malley, Claire – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2015
A central challenge for science educators is to enable young people to act as scientists by gathering and assessing evidence, conducting experiments, and engaging in informed debate. We report the design of the nQuire toolkit, a system to support scripted personal inquiry learning, and a study of its use with school students ages 11-14. This…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Science Activities, Inquiry
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2021
These proceedings contain the papers of the 18th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2021), held virtually, due to an exceptional situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, from October 13-15, 2021, and organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Open Educational Resources, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices