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Miriam J. Rhodes; Adrie J. Visscher; Hanno van Keulen; Martine A. R. Gijsel – European Journal of STEM Education, 2024
This systematic literature review presents a review of the effects of integrated language arts, science and technology (ILS&T) instruction, with an inquiry- or design-based pedagogy, in elementary schools on student achievement. To this end, an overview of the characteristics of the 19 included studies and their interventions is first…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Academic Achievement, Intervention, Language Arts
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van Brederode, Marion E.; Zoon, Sebastiaan A.; Meeter, Martijn – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2020
Developing students' critical thinking skills is often seen as an important educational goal for inquiry assignments. In this study, we investigated to what extent pre-laboratory activities of a chemical inquiry assignment influence students' independent critical thinking. We compared two forms of pre-laboratory activities that are frequently used…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Chemistry
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Hoffman, Jesse; Pelzer, Peter; Albert, Loes; Béneker, Tine; Hajer, Maarten; Mangnus, Astrid – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
This paper investigates how the teaching and learning about "wicked" environmental problems may be fostered through an educational approach premised on futuring -- the active imagination of the future. The growing academic interest in possible and desirable futures provides a promising starting point for restructuring education as…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Problems, Teaching Methods, Sustainability
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Post, Tim; van der Molen, Juliette H. Walma – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: International education policy documents increasingly promote the implementation of inquiry-based pedagogy in primary education. However, helping whole primary school teams to acquire the competencies that meet these new education standards is complex and requires extensive teacher professionalization programs. Unfortunately,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
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Maass, Katja; Engeln, Katrin – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
Although well researched in educational studies, inquiry-based learning, a student-centred way of teaching, is far away from being implemented in day-to-day science and mathematics teaching on a large scale. It is a challenge for teachers to adopt this new way of teaching in an often not supportive school context. Therefore it is important to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
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Vilarta Rodriguez, Luiza; van der Veen, Jan T.; Anjewierden, Anjo; van den Berg, Ed; de Jong, Ton – Physics Education, 2020
This paper describes the design process for a digital instructional sequence on introductory quantum physics for upper secondary education. Based on a collaboration between teachers and physics education researchers, this sequence incorporates relevant theoretical foundations from the field of science teaching to promote meaningful and conceptual…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
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Tran, Trinh-Ba; van den Berg, Ed; Ellermeijer, Ton; Beishuizen, Jos – Physics Education, 2018
Research has shown that the objectives for laboratory teaching--just as with other teaching methods--are often not achieved and that many laboratory sessions are ineffective and yet expensive in terms of pupil and teacher time, and facilities. There are several reasons for this, but one reason is that instructions for many lab activities are too…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Secondary School Science
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van Keulen, Hanno; Boendermaker, Conny – Design and Technology Education, 2020
In this study, an educational development approach is investigated aiming at improving reading comprehension outcomes in primary education through inquiry and design-based Science & Technology teaching. The context is societal pressure to increase the likelihood that more students, later in their life, will aspire for careers in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Science Education, Technology Education, Outcomes of Education
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Filius, Renée M.; de Kleijn, Renske A. M.; Uijl, Sabine G.; Prins, Frans J.; van Rijen, Harold V. M.; Grobbee, Diederick E. – Frontline Learning Research, 2018
Higher education aims for deep learning and increasingly uses a specific form of online education: Small Private Online Courses (SPOCs). To overcome challenges that instructors face in order to promote deep learning through that format, the use of feedback may have significant potential. We interviewed eleven instructors and four students and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Transformative Learning, Learner Engagement, Critical Thinking
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van Uum, Martina S. J.; Verhoeff, Roald P.; Peeters, Marieke – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This paper describes a multiple case study on open inquiry-based learning in primary schools. During open inquiry, teachers often experience difficulties in balancing support and transferring responsibility to pupils' own learning. To facilitate teachers in guiding open inquiry, we developed hard and soft scaffolds. The hard scaffolds consisted of…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Independent Study, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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van Uum, Martina S. J.; Verhoeff, Roald P.; Peeters, Marieke – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Inquiry-based science education (IBSE) has been promoted as an inspiring way of learning science by engaging pupils in designing and conducting their own scientific investigations. For primary school teachers, the open nature of IBSE poses challenges as they often lack experience in supporting their pupils during the different phases of an open…
Descriptors: Science Education, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
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De Vries, Bregje; Schouwenaars, Ilona; Stokhof, Harry – Science Education International, 2017
The Ark of Inquiry seeks to support inquiry-based science education (IBSE) in different countries and school systems across Europe by teachers that may differ in light of their prior experiences with IBSE. Given the differences, the assumption is that teachers need to make adaptations to the approach and materials of the Ark of Inquiry. This study…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Lesson Plans
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Silm, Gerli; Tiitsaar, Kai; Pedaste, Margus; Zacharia, Zacharias C.; Papaevripidou, Marios – Science Education International, 2017
The use of inquiry-based learning (IBL) is encouraged in schools, as it has been shown to be an effective method for raising students' motivation in STEM subjects and increasing their understanding of scientific concepts. Nevertheless, IBL is not very often used in classrooms by teachers due to different (perceived) obstacles. Within the Ark of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Self Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes
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Maass, Katja; Swan, Malcolm; Aldorf, Anna-Maria – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
Inquiry-based learning (IBL) is a more student-centered approach to mathematics teaching that is recommended by many policy and curriculum documents across Europe. However, it is not easy for teachers to change from a more teacher-centered way of teaching to inquiry-based teaching as this involves a change of their role in class. Professional…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Inquiry
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Rutten, Nico; van Joolingen, Wouter R.; van der Veen, Jan T. – Learning: Research and Practice, 2016
Going beyond simply measuring the effectiveness of a teaching approach with computer simulations during whole-class science instruction, we investigated the interaction between teachers and their students as well as searched for mechanisms in the pedagogical context related to teachers' implementation of the intervention. Our quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Intervention, Computer Simulation, Class Activities
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