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Varadarajan, Sujatha; Ladage, Savita – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
The need for shifting the expository laboratory instruction style to inquiry-based approaches is widely acknowledged. Problem-based learning (PBL), one of the inquiry-based approaches, advocates students' self-directed learning. The literature indicates that scaffolding students' independent learning is necessary for a PBL environment. In our…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning
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Hagemans, Mieke G.; van der Meij, Hans; de Jong, Ton – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Students often need support to optimize their learning in inquiry learning environments. In 2 studies, we investigated the effects of adding concept-map-based support to a simulation-based inquiry environment on kinematics. The concept map displayed the main domain concepts and their relations, while dynamic color coding of the concepts displayed…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Assignments, Concept Mapping, Computer Simulation