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Direct linkBielik, Tom; Yarden, Anat – International Journal of STEM Education, 2016
Background: Asking questions is an important scientific practice, and students around the world are expected to learn how to ask their own research questions while performing inquiry. In contrast to authentic scientific inquiry, in most simple inquiry tasks that are carried out in schools, the research questions are given to the students. Here, we…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biotechnology, Inquiry, Secondary School Science
Download full textJirout, Jamie; Klahr, David – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
A primary instructional objective of most early science programs is to foster children's scientific curiosity and question-asking skills (Jirout & Klahr, 2011). However, little is known about the relationship between curiosity, question-asking behavior, and general inquiry skills. While curiosity and question asking are invariably mentioned in…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Charter Schools, Age, Science Programs
Brown, I. Foster – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
Learning to question is essential for determining pathways of conservation and development in southwestern Amazonia during a time of rapid global environmental change. Teaching such an approach in graduate science programs in regional universities can be done using play-acting and simulation exercises. Multiple working hypotheses help students…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Graduate Students
Barman, Charles R.; And Others – 1989
The purpose of this project was to develop, conduct, and evaluate a K-6 science inservice program for elementary school teachers. This program was conducted in six 3-hour workshop sessions and consisted of hands-on activities, problem-solving exercises, and large and small group discussions. The individual workshop sessions focused on…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Inservice Teacher Education, Questioning Techniques
Rowe, Mary Budd – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
Part One of this paper summarizes six years of investigations devoted to the study of the influence that a variable called teacher "wait-time" has on development of language and logic in children taking part in elementary science programs. It discusses the relation of wait-time to 10 outcome variables. Wait time at two locations was studied in…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Rewards, Investigations, Elementary School Science
Bredderman, Ted – 1982
A quantitative synthesis of research findings on the effects of three major activity-based elementary science programs developed with National Science Foundation support was conducted. Controlled evaluation studies of the Elementary Science Study (ESS), Science-A Process Approach (SAPA), or The Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) were used…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conventional Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Mechling, Kenneth R.; Oliver, Donna L. – 1983
Several research studies that can provide direction for improving elementary school science programs are highlighted. Selected results are summarized and suggestions given to elementary school administrators for translating research into action in their schools, action which can lead to improved teaching and learning in science. Studies are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Competition, Cooperation
Mechling, Kenneth R.; Oliver, Donna L. – 1983
Provided are suggestions and recommendations for each item on the checklist, contained in Part A of the handbook, which was designed to help elementary school principals assess and improve science programs in their schools. Suggestions/recommendations, designed to make the checklist more meaningful and useful, are keyed by number and/or letter to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Mechling, Kenneth R.; Oliver, Donna L. – 1983
This checklist is designed to help elementary school principals assess and improve science programs in their schools. The checklist is divided into four major sections, each dealing with an area that has an impact on these programs: (1) administrative aspects, considering the science curriculum plan, provisions for science in the budget,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Check Lists, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education
