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Yang, Kuay-Keng; Hong, Zuway-R.; Lee, Ling; Lin, Huann-Shyang – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2022
Background and purpose: As clear mechanisms for motivating and engaging teachers in learning and working collaboratively with colleagues are scarce, this study explored supportive conditions of promoting teacher professional development on inquiry-based science teaching in a Professional Learning Community (PLC) and examined how teachers'…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Hsin, Ching-Ting; Wu, Hsin-Kai – Research in Science Education, 2023
This study examined the impact of a project-based learning module on young children's scientific practices in urban and Indigenous areas. The module was developed by drawing upon early science standards and research on scientific practices and project-based teaching approaches. Ninety-eight children from northern Taiwan participated. Their average…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Urban Areas, Young Children
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Cheng, Li-Ting; Smith, Thomas J.; Hong, Zuway-R.; Lin, Huann-shyang – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
This study examined the roles of gender and STEM major status as predictors of performance in formulating a research question and designing experiment among 70 undergraduate Taiwanese college students participating in inquiry-based learning (IBL). Student participants in this study were involved in discrepant demonstrations of scientific events…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Gender Differences, STEM Education, Majors (Students)
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Chen, Ya-Chun; Pan, Yi-Ting; Hong, Zuway-R; Weng, Xue-Fang; Lin, Huann-Shyang – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2020
Background: As inquiry-based instruction is not universally implemented in science classrooms, it is crucial to introduce instructional strategies through the use of contextualized learning activities to allow students with different background knowledge and abilities to learn the essential competencies of scientific inquiry and promote their…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Active Learning
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Wang, Hong-Syuan; Chen, Sufen; Yen, Miao-Hsuan – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of metacognitive scaffolding in different inquiry tasks related to optics. Two high school classes participated in this study. One class, the treatment group (n = 33), which integrated metacognitive prompts into the simulation-based inquiry, was compared to the other class, the control group (n = 34),…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Science Process Skills, Teaching Methods
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Zhang, Wen-Xin; Hsu, Ying-Shao; Wang, Chia-Yu; Ho, Yu-Ting – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This study explores the effects of metacognitive and cognitive prompting on the scientific inquiry practices of students with various levels of initial metacognition. Two junior high school classes participated in this study. One class, the experimental group (n?=?26), which received an inquiry-based curriculum with a combination of cognitive and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Prompting, Cognitive Processes, Science Education