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Jiun-Wei Guo; Hsiao-Ching She; Meng-Jun Chen; Pei-Yi Tsai – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2023
The individual problem-solving (IPS) and collaborative problem-solving (CPS) have received a lot of attention, yet little research has been conducted to investigate whether CPS and IPS are equally effective in improving students' understanding of physics concepts, problem-solving abilities, and minimizing achievement gaps. Therefore, the present…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Middle School Students, Grade 8
Thomas J. Dormody; Peter Skelton; Gabrielle Rodriguez; David W. Dubois; Dawn VanLeeuwen – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2021
The researchers developed a youth weather and climate curriculum using a science comprehension model that integrates experiential and inquiry-based learning approaches with developing science knowledge, science skills, and reasoning abilities. The purpose of this study was to pilot the curriculum to determine if it would improve youth science…
Descriptors: Weather, Climate, Comprehension, Science Education
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
Abate, Tsedeke; Michael, Kassa; Angell, Carl – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore grade eight students' views in terms of different scientific reasoning progress levels. To explore students' views, phenomenographic study was used. The qualitative analysis of students' interviews elicited three major themes of students' views about scientific reasoning progress levels: naïve, mixed, and…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Student Attitudes, Scientific Literacy, Science Process Skills
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
Bielik, Tom; Fonio, Ehud; Feinerman, Ofer; Duncan, Ravit Golan; Levy, Sharona T. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2021
Complex systems are made up of many entities, whose interactions emerge into distinct collective patterns. Computational modeling platforms can provide a powerful means to investigate emergent phenomena in complex systems. Some research has been carried out in recent years about promoting students' modeling practices, specifically using…
Descriptors: Computation, Models, Design, Middle School Students
Kuhn, Deanna; Lerman, Daniel – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Agreement has become widespread that students' peer-to-peer argumentation should play a central role in science classrooms. Coordinating evidence with claims lies at the heart of a skilled argument. Yet evidence takes numerous forms that pose different interpretational challenges. Might cognitive limitations on the part of the individual student…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Evidence, Science Education, Science Process Skills
Critical Thinking in the Making: Students' Critical Thinking Practices in a Multifaceted SSI Project
Stein Dankert Kolstø; Vegard Havre Paulsen; Idar Mestad – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2024
Students' critical thinking is often researched using quantitative tests designed to measure critical thinking. In contrast, this study qualitatively analyses group and whole-class dialogues in an interdisciplinary SSI project by focusing on students' critical thinking practices. As such, the study provides an in-depth example of an immersion…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Science Education, Science and Society, Climate
Castro, Jed Aries F.; Morales, Marie Paz E. – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2017
Student encountered challenges in performing guided inquiry learning (GIL) activities are a minority literature in science education, but may provide valuable inputs to developing science process skills vital to scientific literacy. This study determined the challenges and difficulties by science-oriented students in performing GIL activities in…
Descriptors: Biology, Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Education
Kirbulut, Zubeyde Demet; Uzuntiryaki-Kondakci, Esen – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
Current studies reveal that meta-level variables are very important in learning; however, little research has been devoted to the role of metaconceptual and meta-affective variables on student achievement. With the aim of filling this gap in the literature, the present study investigated the relationship between metavariables (metaconceptual…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metacognition, Science Process Skills, Science Achievement
Yang, Wen-Tsung; Lin, Yu-Ren; She, Hsiao-Ching; Huang, Kai-Yi – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This study investigated the effects of students' prior science knowledge and online learning approaches (social and individual) on their learning with regard to three topics: science concepts, inquiry, and argumentation. Two science teachers and 118 students from 4 eighth-grade science classes were invited to participate in this research. Students…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Electronic Learning, Scientific Literacy, Knowledge Level
Roslina; Andalia, Nurlena; A. G., Burhanuddin; Zulfajri, Muhammad – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
The graph understanding for mastering the natural science concepts through the process skills approach aims to improve student ability in lower secondary school. In this study, we conducted a series of quasi-experiments for participants by using pre-test and post-test. The research instruments consisted of two tests and the questionnaires. After…
Descriptors: Graphs, Science Process Skills, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Ching, Cynthia Carter; Hagood, Danielle – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2019
This paper connects the technological practice of activity monitor gaming to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) science and engineering practice of "analyzing and interpreting data," and to the foundational constructionist idea of personal meaning. In our larger study, eighth-grade students, ages 12-14, wore physical activity…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Educational Games, Academic Standards
Chang, Hsin-Yi; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
We engaged 47 eighth-grade students in a newly developed learning environment that integrates mobile augmented reality (AR) technology to support students' learning of nuclear energy use and radiation pollution, a topic related to a socioscientific issue (SSI) that involves complex reasoning considering scientific evidence and multiple…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Handheld Devices, Computer Simulation
Zorlu, Fulya; Sezek, Fatih – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2020
The aim of the study was investigation of the effect of twice application of the Group Investigation method at different intervals on improvement of the students' academic achievement and science process skills in teaching the science lesson. Method of the study was a quasi-experimental design. The study used Solomon Four-group Experimental Design…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students