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The Relationships between the Practice of Different Scientific Activities and Students' Scientific Knowledge, Inquiry Skills, View of the Nature of Science and Attitude towards Science: A Study in Primary School
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Manuel Bächtold; David Cross; Valérie Munier – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
Data from PISA and TIMSS have recently fuelled the debate on the efficacy of Inquiry-Based Science Teaching (IBST). Some analyses of these data show that the effects of different scientific activities related to IBST carried out with students vary according to the frequency of their implementation. Extending this research, the present study…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Knowledge Level, Inquiry, Scientific Principles
Korean Students' Perceptions of Scientific Practices and Understanding of Nature of Science
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Yoon, Sae Yeol; Suh, Jee Kyung; Park, Soonhye – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
Korean students have shown relatively little interest and confidence in learning science, despite being ranked in the top percentile in international evaluations of academic achievement in science such as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. Although research indicates a positive relationship between student perceptions of…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientific Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Educational Practices
Exploring the Development of Fifth Graders' Practical Epistemologies and Explanation Skills in Inquiry-Based Learning Classrooms
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Wu, Hsin-Kai; Wu, Chia-Lien – Research in Science Education, 2011
The purposes of this study are to explore fifth graders' epistemological views regarding their own experiences of constructing scientific knowledge through inquiry activities (i.e., practical epistemologies) and to investigate possible interactions between students' practical epistemologies and their inquiry skills to construct scientific…
Descriptors: Evidence, Video Technology, Inquiry, Active Learning
Introduction to 3D Graphics through Excel
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Benacka, Jan – Informatics in Education, 2013
The article presents a method of explaining the principles of 3D graphics through making a revolvable and sizable orthographic parallel projection of cuboid in Excel. No programming is used. The method was tried in fourteen 90 minute lessons with 181 participants, which were Informatics teachers, undergraduates of Applied Informatics and gymnasium…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Graphics, Scientific Principles, Teaching Methods
Practical Work in School Science: Which Way Now?
Wellington, Jerry, Ed. – 1998
This book attempts to reflect on the value and purpose of practical work as part of the science curriculum: why are practical exercises so necessary and what do they contribute to the science learning process? The chapters in this book examine issues such as: how practical work is perceived by students and teachers; the possibilities and perils of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Exploring Alternative Approaches to Methodology in Educational Research
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Niaz, Mansoor – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2004
The objective of this study is to provide in-service teachers an opportunity to become familiar with the controversial nature of progress in science (growth of knowledge) and its implications for research methodology in education. The study is based on 41 participants who had registered for a nine-week course on Methodology of Investigation in…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Constructivism (Learning), Research Methodology