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Clifford, Ogheneakoke Edore – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study assessed social studies teachers' competences in the use of the inquiry method in secondary schools. The target population for the study consisted of 1,110 social studies teachers from all the public secondary schools in Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states of Nigeria. The sample size was 600 social studies teachers drawn from 300 junior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Teacher Competencies, Inquiry
Gaylor, Kevin Lutrelle – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study was designed to investigate differences in high school science teachers' attitudes toward teaching inquiry-based science, beliefs about and practice of implementing inquiry-based methods according to the National Science Education Standards, and the frequency of implementing inquiry-based classroom lessons based on the gender,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction
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Aina, Samuel Ayobami; Sofowora, Alaba Olaniyi – Higher Education Studies, 2013
This study discussed how the Department of Teacher Education, University of Ibadan utilized Web-Quest as a motivating and creative tool to teach a compulsory and large pre-service teachers' Course (TEE 304) The study also investigated the attitude and perception of pre-service teachers to the use of Web-Quest. The results showed that the sample…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Ketelhut, Diane Jass; Nelson, Brian C. – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Most policy doctrines promote the use of scientific inquiry in the K-12 classroom, but good inquiry is hard to implement, particularly for schools with fiscal and safety constraints and for teachers struggling with understanding how to do so. Purpose: In this paper, we present the design of a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE)…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Student Attitudes, Virtual Classrooms, Science Curriculum