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Prain, Vaughan; Xu, Lihua; Speldewinde, Christopher – Research in Science Education, 2023
There is a long tradition of teaching science through inquiry, with broad agreement about the form it should take. Students should investigate researchable questions; gather and analyse data; and develop and represent evidence-based claims. Authoritative teacher or textbook representations are generally used to guide this learning (Buckley &…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Inquiry
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Meyer, Annika; Klingenberg, Konstantin; Wilde, Matthias – Research in Science Education, 2016
Contact with living animals is an exceptional possibility within biology education to facilitate an intense immersion into the study topic and even allow for a flow experience (Csikszentmihalyi 2000). Further, it might affect the perceptions of the students' basic needs for autonomy and competence and thereby their quality of motivation (Deci and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Grade 5, Biology