Correlates of Inquiry Learning in Science: Constructing Concepts of Density and Buoyancy.

Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Boon, Richard; Carter, Karen Butcher

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ERIC Number: EJ627964

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Correlates of Inquiry Learning in Science: Constructing Concepts of Density and Buoyancy.

Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Boon, Richard; Carter, Karen Butcher

Remedial and Special Education, v22 n3 p130-37 May-Jun 2001

A study involving 75 elementary students, 51 with high-incidence disabilities, investigated variables associated with learning in an inquiry-oriented approach to the study of density and buoyancy. Preconceptions, scientific predictions, and academic achievement measures were not predictive of task performance. However, grade level and IQ were strongly related to performance. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Inquiry, Intelligence Differences, Learning Disabilities, Performance Factors, Science Instruction, Scientific Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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