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Direct linkGülüzar Eymur; Pinar Seda Çetin – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2024
Promotion of students' scientific literacy has long been and continues to be a central goal for reform efforts in science education. Although there is a great number of research conducted to evaluate student's scientific literacy, less is known about how we can improve students' scientific literacy through variety of scientific practices. In this…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Scientific Literacy, Laboratory Experiments
Aregehagn, Ehtegebreal; Lykknes, Annette; Febri, Maria I. M.; Ayene, Mengesha – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
The use of guided inquiry-based learning (GIBL) in a manner designed to challenge individual students' unscientific conceptions of science, has been researched widely. However, few (if any) studies have investigated the implementation of GIBL in a manner designed to challenge the fundamental patterns of students' context-dependent unscientific…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
Download full textBirdon, Leslie Annette – Research Issues in Contemporary Education, 2023
With the implementation of Next Generation Science Standards, educators shifted from lecturer to facilitator using inquiry-based learning approaches. Teachers may express anxiety about this role reversal in providing scientific instruction. This study addressed conflicting perspectives in the implementation of inquiry-based learning approaches as…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Active Learning, Inquiry, Disproportionate Representation
Naruemon Sitthikrai; Chulida Hemtasin; Tawan Thongsuk – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2023
The objectives of this action research were: (1) To develop learning achievement in basic science subjects of grade 8 students who received an inquiry-based learning (IBL) management system combined with an educational game on the topic of solutions to pass the requirement of 70%; and (2) To study the satisfaction of grade 8 students toward the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Inquiry, Educational Games
Christian Smoke – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Project-based learning (PjBL) instruction is an inquiry-based method that is beneficial to student achievement and their exploration of 21st-century learning skills, but there is a gap in the literature about how Grades 6 to 8 teachers feel about PjBL and its implementation. The research problem was science teachers in the United States were not…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Liou, Pey-Yan; Myoung, Eunjung – Science Education, 2023
A hotly debated topic is the effectiveness of inquiry-based instructional practice in science classrooms on student achievement and motivation. Numerous studies based on multinational large-scale education data show such student-centered instructional practice positively led to students' motivational beliefs but was negatively associated with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Teacher Attitudes
Lütfiye Varoglu; Ayhan Yilmaz; Senol Sen – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2024
The examination of students' motivation towards lessons is an important aspect of educational studies. The constructivist approach significantly impacts the improvement of students' motivation. The present study aims to examine the use of the 5E learning model with concept maps to support students' motivation and compare the 5E approach and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Chemistry
Aydin, Serap Öz; Azizoglu, Nursen; Yilmaz, Fatma Bilgican – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2023
This study aimed at designing instructional material named Biotechnology Instruction Module (BIM) which is enriched with active learning methods to enhance the 8th grade students' learning of the topic. The development of the teaching materials proceeded within the stages of the ADDIE instructional design model. The final form of the instructional…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Biotechnology, Case Studies, Genetics
Trout, Joseph Jude; Murphy, Casey; Vukicevich, Morgan – Physics Teacher, 2019
Active learning techniques are generally considered to be any classroom activities in which students become an active participant in learning, instead of a passive listener to a lecture. Service learning activities are generally experiential (real life) and reflective problem-based learning activities in which students enrolled in an academic…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Service Learning, Physics, Calculus
Oztas Cin, Merve; Yurumezoglu, Kemal – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2022
This study investigated the causes of modifications on "Tradescantia zebrina" leaves due to environmental effects by inquiry-based and long-term observations. These observations started with restricted face-to-face education at school during the COVID-19 and continued under the teacher's guidance in distance education. All the study…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Inquiry, In Person Learning, COVID-19
Shinana, Ester; Ngcoza, Kenneth M.; Mavhunga, Elizabeth – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Research findings show that inquiry-based science education has positive effects in improving learning of both science content knowledge and scientific inquiry (SI) skills. As a result, various science curricula, including that of Namibia, recommend the use of an inquiry-based approach in science teaching. However, the implementation of an…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Workshops, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
Bantaokul, Pannarai; Polyiem, Titiworada – Journal of Educational Issues, 2022
The purposes of the study were to investigate the effectiveness of integrated 5Es of inquiring-based learning and gamification on grade 8 science learning achievement and to study students' attitudes toward science learning with the integration of the two principles. The participants were 40 eighth-grade students from a Thai public school. They…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Abate, Tsedeke; Michael, Kassa; Angell, Carl – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore grade eight students' views in terms of different scientific reasoning progress levels. To explore students' views, phenomenographic study was used. The qualitative analysis of students' interviews elicited three major themes of students' views about scientific reasoning progress levels: naïve, mixed, and…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Student Attitudes, Scientific Literacy, Science Process Skills
Edelson, Daniel C.; Reiser, Brian J.; McNeill, Katherine L.; Mohan, Audrey; Novak, Michael; Mohan, Lindsey; Affolter, Renee; McGill, Tara A. W.; Buck Bracey, Zoë E.; Deutch Noll, Jamie; Kowalski, Susan M.; Novak, Dawn; Lo, Abraham S.; Landel, Carolyn; Krumm, Andrew; Penuel, William R.; Van Horne, Katie; González-Howard, María; Suárez, Enrique – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
OpenSciEd is an ambitious effort to implement the vision of the "Framework for K-12 Science Education" and the "Next Generation Science Standards" broadly across the United States. The premise of OpenSciEd is that high quality instructional materials can play a critical role in transforming science teaching and learning at a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evidence Based Practice, Instructional Materials, Educational Change
Woldeamanuel, Yenenesh Workneh; Abate, Nega Tassie; Berhane, Dessalegn Ejigu – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
Concept mapping helps learners to understand complex ideas. However, studies confirming that statement are scarce. A quasi-experimental and Design-based approaches were applied to understand the effectiveness of concept mapping based teaching method on grade eight students' conceptual understanding of photosynthesis. Two sections of grade eight…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Concept Teaching, Scientific Concepts, Plants (Botany)
