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Jumadi, Jumadi; Perdana, Riki; Riwayani; Rosana, Dadan – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2021
Students in Indonesia still have the low level of scientific argumentation skills. This study purposed to examine the impact of Problem-based Learning (PBL) with Argument Mapping and Online Laboratory in improving the scientific argumentation skill. It describes the significance of the differences between participants who learn through PBL, PBL…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Concept Mapping, Persuasive Discourse
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Koumara, Anna; Plakitsi, Katerina; Lederman, Norman – Science Teacher, 2022
How do scientists make inferences for something they cannot directly observe? The Black Box approach seems ideal to help students understand how scientists work. Black Boxes are sealed units; their interior is not accessible. The effort to determine their possible content (internal structure) demands successive modifications in hypothesis,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Electronic Equipment, Scientific Principles
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Casas-Quiroga, Lucía; Crujeiras-Pérez, Beatriz – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
This study is framed in the social perspective of Epistemology of Science, and it aims to examine the epistemic operations performed by high school students while engaged in a role-play about food safety that requires them to engage in both argumentation and decision-making practices. The epistemic operations are examined on two different levels:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 11, Science Process Skills
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Kavai, Portia; de Villiers, Rian; Fraser, William; Sommerville, Jaqui; Strydom, Nina – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2015
In Life Sciences education internationally, including South Africa, the study of animal and organ morphology has traditionally involved dissections since the early nineteenth century. The major purpose of this study was to investigate how the engagement of learners with animal organ dissections may influence the development of problem-solving…
Descriptors: Animals, Laboratory Procedures, Biological Sciences, Secondary School Science
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Soobard, R.; Rannikmae, M. – Science Education International, 2015
This study was undertaken to investigate the progress in operational scientific literacy skills through demonstrating cognition associated with undertaking scientific processes. Scientific literacy is taken here to mean utilising science knowledge and skills, particularly with relevance to creative problem solving and making reasoned decisions in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Grade 11, Comparative Analysis