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Download full textWenk, Laura – 1999
This paper discusses the traditional lecture-based instruction method. Strong experimental evidence suggests that social context affects knowledge construction and depends on prior knowledge. Engagement in the inquiry process using constructivist viewpoints can make the characteristics of science, scientific knowledge, and scientific method easy…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Epistemology, Higher Education, Inquiry
Falconer, Kathleen; Wyckoff, Susan; Joshua, Mangala; Sawada, Daiyo – 2001
This paper describes major changes undertaken in two undergraduate physics courses from traditional lecture method to an inquiry-based method that facilitates active student engagement and changes in the modeling approach to learning. Students' conceptual understanding of physics concepts were evaluated by quasi-experimental design, and the Reform…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Higher Education, Inquiry, Lecture Method
Willden, Jennifer L.; Crowther, David T.; Gubanich, Alan A.; Cannon, John R. – 2002
The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any statistically significant differences in the pretest and posttest examination scores between students in two undergraduate biology classes taught in two fundamentally different praxes at the University of Nevada, Reno. Biology 100, an introductory biology course for non-majors, was…
Descriptors: Biology, Elementary School Teachers, Hands on Science, Higher Education
Clements, Andrea D. – 1991
This study was designed to demonstrate whether students attain a higher level of learning when they are required to synthesize information through a process of inquiry and believe they will be evaluated with essay questions. The control section of an introductory educational psychology class was taught about accommodating student differences,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Education Courses, Education Majors, Educational Psychology
Murphy, Patricia D. – 1977
The research on effectiveness of college teachers, college teaching, and what is known about how learning takes place is summarized. From the research on what is known about the characteristics of effective college teachers, effective teaching methods, and how students learn, four teaching strategies that college teachers can use are identified.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Educational Needs
Chang, Chun-Yen; Mao, Song-Ling – 1998
This study examined the effects of an inquiry-based instructional method on secondary school students' achievement in earth science. Students (N=232) were treated as two experimental groups, one receiving 2 weeks of the inquiry-based instruction while the control group received the traditional lecture-type instruction. Data were analyzed employing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Action Research, Earth Science
