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Sonal Singhal; Karin E. Kram; Justin M. Valliere; Fang Wang; Brynn Heckel; Samantha C. Leigh; Kathryn E. Theiss; Charlene E. McCord; Artin Soroosh; Thomas Taylor; Stacy Zamora; Brian K. Sato – Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
Inquiry-based course experiences provide a scalable and equitable way to engage students in research. In this study, we describe how we introduced inquiry-based experiences to ten lower-division and upper-division courses across the biology curriculum at a regionally comprehensive public university serving the diverse population in a major…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Biology, Undergraduate Students
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Wan, Zhi Hong; Zhan, Ying; Zhang, Yanan – Science Education, 2024
Science education researchers and curriculum documents have advocated scientific inquiry for more than six decades; however, inconsistent findings concerning its effects on students' learning outcomes have been revealed in recent analyses of large-scale international assessment data (e.g., the Programme for International Student Assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Science Education, Science Instruction
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C. F. J. Pols; P. J. J. M. Dekkers – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Acknowledgement of the limited learning outcomes in our first-year physics lab course, strikingly similar to the observed and reported issues in literature, incited renewal of the course with a focus on developing students' ability to engage in experimental physics research. The "procedural and conceptual knowledge (PACKS)…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Laboratories, Student Research, Science Process Skills
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Lindsay Ruhter; Thai Williams; Meagan Karvonen; Sarah Koebley; Shawnee Wakeman; David Pugalee – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2025
Many teachers have a level of discomfort with planning inquiry-based science lessons for students with complex needs. Science instruction typically includes teaching discrete skills with a focus on vocabulary acquisition (Knight et al., 2020). Because science is universal and thus important for all learners, many states have adopted the Next…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Lesson Plans, Special Needs Students
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Tang, Xiaowei; Shu, Gang; Wei, Bing; Levin, Daniel – Science Education, 2024
Students often learn about measurement uncertainty as an isolated topic, with a focus on generalizable strategies to manage uncertainty in scientific investigation. In this study, we report and analyze a case of emergent learning about measurement and uncertainty, in which students in a Chinese elementary school science class explored and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Process Skills
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Yolradee Supornpanitkul; Apantee Poonputta; Orrasa Prasitnok – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2025
The objectives of this research are: (1) to develop a flipped classroom learning plan using inquiry-based learning on the topic of substance separation for Grade 8 students, to achieve effectiveness according to the 75/75 criteria; (2) to compare science process skills and learning achievement before and after implementing the developed learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Science Process Skills, Skill Development
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Nani Teig – Research in Science Education, 2024
The advancement of technology has led to a growing interest in assessing scientific inquiry within digital platforms. This shift towards dynamic and interactive inquiry assessments enables researchers to investigate not only the accuracy of student responses ("product data") but also their steps and actions leading to those responses…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Science Process Skills, Inquiry
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Daniel Matheus da Silva; Lorena Oliveira de Sousa; Ana Claudia Kasseboehmer – International Journal of Science Education, 2025
This work reports the development and application of an analytical tool for the analysis of the formation of the scientific mind of students who took part in inquiry activities, based on the philosophy of Gaston Bachelard, in a Chemistry Club. For the construction of the analytical instrument, an extracurricular course was offered to first-year…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science Process Skills, Scientific Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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De Van Vo; Geraldine Mooney Simmie – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2025
While national curricula in science education highlight the importance of inquiry-based learning, assessing students' capabilities in scientific inquiry remains a subject of debate. Our study explored the construction, developmental trends and validation techniques in relation to assessing scientific inquiry using a systematic literature review…
Descriptors: Science Education, Inquiry, Science Process Skills, Student Evaluation
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Lilla Bónus; Erzsébet Antal; Erzsébet Korom – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
This research focuses on "BioScientist," a digital game-based, inquiry-based learning program embedded in the biology curriculum that develops inquiry skills in 8th-grade students. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate a combination of elements of digital game-based learning (DGBL) with inquiry-based learning (IBL) through…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Game Based Learning, Video Games, Inquiry
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Nilay Ozturk; Gillian H. Roehrig – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2025
This study aims to investigate the effects of an integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) unit designed around the issue of sulfide mining on middle school students' socioscientific reasoning competencies (i.e., complexity, perspective taking, inquiry, skepticism, affordances of science). More specifically, students'…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Integrated Activities, Science and Society, Middle School Students
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Herdiyana Fitriani; Muhammad Asy'ari; Siti Zubaidah; Susriyati Mahanal; Taufik Samsuri – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2024
Critical analysis (CA) skills are crucial in higher education and should be incorporated into the curriculum at that level. The unique characteristics of abstract biology materials and the involvement of prospective Biology teachers (PBTs) in scientific investigation activities make them highly relevant for teaching CA skills. Inquiry activities…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Emma Stevenson; Merryn Dawborn-Gundlach; Jan van Driel – Teaching Science, 2024
Being scientifically literate is an essential twenty-first century skill for every individual navigating today's complex world and science inquiry skills are seen as an important capability of a scientific literate person. However, teaching science inquiry skills requires specific competences and is often challenging for teachers. Understanding…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, Secondary School Teachers, Grade 7
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Norma Velazquez-Ulloa; Liza Finkel – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
This study investigated whether participation in a 1-semester science course for college students who are not majoring in the natural sciences could increase their scientific literacy, confidence in doing science and improve their perception of science and scientists. The study was conducted at a small, 4-year, liberal arts institution in Portland…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Undergraduate Study, College Science, Biology
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Wei-Zhao Shi; Chunying Zuo; Jingying Wang – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Previous research has shown that in prehigher education stages, inquiry-based teaching is not sufficient for forming a mature understanding of the nature of science (NOS). However, there is relatively little research conducted on colleges. Inquiry-based teaching should not overlook cognitive frameworks, as students' limited scientific reasoning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Active Learning, College Science
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