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Xiulin Kuang; Tessa H. S. Eysink; Ton de Jong – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
This study investigated the effects of presenting domain information (basic information about the domain) either together with or instead of offering exploratory practice (an exploratory opportunity in a simulation-based representation of the learning domain) prior to inquiry learning for facilitating students' hypothesis generation and subsequent…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Active Learning, Inquiry, Hypothesis Testing
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Carolin Danzer – LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 2024
This paper's purpose is to investigate the attitude of students in mathematical discovery processes in terms of the handling of counterexamples. By understanding this attitude as a kind of scientific attitude, it consists of different aspects that become visible in the behaviour during a mathematical discovery process. Since such a process is…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Foreign Countries, Discovery Learning
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Char A. Moffit – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
This qualitative multiple-case study examined kindergarten students' engagement in science concepts and literacy learning in a classroom in which these two subjects were integrated through Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI). CORI is an instructional framework created to increase reading engagement by teaching reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Scientific Concepts, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
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Nyet Moi Siew; Wan Luen Chai – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2024
Studies found that the mastery of Level-4 Science Process Skills (L4SPS) among secondary school students is still relatively weak. Thus, the purpose of this research was to determine the effects of 5E Inquiry-based Learning and Group Investigation (I5E-GI) model on the five constructs of L4SPS, namely Identifying Manipulated, Responding, and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Science Process Skills, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Ting, Fridolin S. T.; Shroff, Ronnie H.; Lam, Wai Hung; Garcia, Raycelle C. C.; Chan, Chi Lok; Tsang, Wing Ki; Ezeamuzie, Ndudi O. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
The objective of this study is to perform a meta-analysis of published data on the effects of active learning on Asian students' performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects. This comprehensive meta-analysis study includes a systematic review of papers related to various active learning approaches and…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Active Learning, Asians, Academic Achievement
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Othman, Oziah; Iksan, Zanaton H.; Yasin, Ruhizan Mohammad – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
This study aimed to investigate the impacts of enrolling in the creative teaching module in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education from high school students' perspectives. This study applied a case study and qualitative research approach involving 26 Grade 11 students and 31 Grade 8 students. The creative teaching-STEM…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, STEM Education, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Sarah Probine; Rachael Burke; Jo Perry; Joanne Alderson; Yo Heta-Lensen; Fi McAlevey; Helen Wrightson – Early Childhood Folio, 2024
Children's inquiry is an approach where tamariki explore and research their own questions and curiosities over sustained periods of time with the support of their kaiako. This article explores findings from research examining how this approach has been interpreted and enacted by early childhood kaiako in Aotearoa New Zealand. The article examines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education
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Endang Sri Lestari; Sajidan Sajidan; Fitria Rahmawati; Meti Indrowati – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
Environmental literacy related to the utilization of medicinal plants in the community provides a foundation for the younger generation to take an active role and form an attitude of care and responsibility for environmental sustainability. The current research aims to introduce the Inquiry-Etnobotany (IEb) learning model to enhance students'…
Descriptors: Botany, Indigenous Knowledge, Science Instruction, Outcomes of Education
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Syawaludin, Ahmad; Prasetyo, Zuhdan Kun; Jabar, Cepi Safruddin Abdul; Retnawati, Heri – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2022
This study aims to investigate the effect of the Project-based Learning (PjBL) learning model and class differences based on online learning settings (synchronous, asynchronous, and mixed) on the analytical abilities of the Discovery Learning (DL), Interactive Demonstration (ID), and Inquiry Lessons (IL) models after adjusting for IQ of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Electronic Learning, Thinking Skills
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Samaroo, Diana; Tsenova, Liana; Han, Sandie; Ghosh-Dastidar, Urmi – Science Education and Civic Engagement, 2022
The Prospect Park Biodiversity Project was a SENCER collaboration project between the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Mathematics at the New York City College of Technology. The goal of this project was to enhance students' participation and learning in STEM disciplines through a civically engaged framework. The project utilized…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Biodiversity, College Students
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Hajian, Shiva; Jain, Misha; Liu, Arita L.; Obaid, Teeba; Fukuda, Mari; Winne, Philip H.; Nesbit, John C. – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
We investigated the effects of just-in-time guidance at various stages of inquiry learning by novice learners. Thirteen participants, randomly assigned to an intervention (n = 8) or control (n = 5) group, were observed as they learned about DC electric circuits using a web-based simulation. Just-in-time instructional prompts to observe, predict,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Physics, Scientific Concepts
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Huang, Ying – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022
Based on quantitative survey data collected from an inquiry-based general chemistry laboratory course, the current study used marginal models to evaluate changes in students' teamwork and problem-solving skills, attitudes to teamwork, and willingness to explore new issues before and after the course. The results suggest that introductory-level…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Education, Science Laboratories
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Yesiloglu, Sevinç Nihal; Köseoglu, Fitnat – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2020
The main purpose of this study is to explore the epistemological problems underlying pre-service chemistry teachers' aims in using practical work, "i.e.," individual or small group object manipulation or observation, in school science. Twenty-two pre-service chemistry teachers participated in this study. Qualitative data collection tools…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Chemistry
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Yannier, Nesra; Hudson, Scott E.; Koedinger, Kenneth R. – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2020
Along with substantial consensus around the power of active learning, comes some lack of precision in what its essential ingredients are. New educational technologies offer vehicles for systematically exploring benefits of alternative techniques for supporting active learning. We introduce a new genre of Intelligent Science Station technology that…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Artificial Intelligence, STEM Education, Educational Technology
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Warman; Suryaningsi; Mulawarman, Widyatmike Gede – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
Teachers as curriculum implementers face various obstacles in its implementation. This study reports on teachers' views on the implementation of curriculum policies 2013 (K-13), the obstacles encountered, and efforts to overcoming and managing obstacles. The number of participants is ten teachers who have implemented K-13. Data were collected…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Competency Based Education, Barriers, Teacher Attitudes
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