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Anwari Adi Nugroho; Sajidan; Suranto; Mohammad Masykuri – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2025
Future needs and challenges, especially in complex real-world problem-solving, require education to equip individuals with quality skills. Inquiry-based learning that integrates socio-scientific issues (SSI) can significantly develop students' problem-solving skills. This study aims to test the effects of the Socio-Scientific Real-world Inquiry…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Problem Solving, Social Influences
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Nikolaos Kyriazis; Georgios Stylos; Konstantinos T. Kotsis – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2025
This study investigates the influence of inquiry-based laboratory activities on the understanding of heat concepts and the self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service primary teachers. Recognizing that both scientific literacy and teaching efficacy are critical for effective science education, this research aims to determine how inquiry-based laboratory…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Heat, Science Laboratories, Scientific Concepts
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Siantuba, Jackson; Nkhata, Leonard; de Jong, Ton – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
This study sought to develop and evaluate an online module based on inquiry learning with digital laboratories, which was intended to address students' misconceptions in a science domain. In a quasi-experimental design, 171 first-year students in a higher education introductory physics course on circular motion were as their existing groups…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Science, Introductory Courses, Physics
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Esther Kataate Namakula; Valarie L. Akerson – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2024
The study explored the impact of peer critiquing on preservice teachers' understanding of the nature of science, scientific inquiry, and argumentation in an undergraduate science content course. The aim was to investigate innovative teaching strategies that enhance preservice teachers' comprehension of these key aspects. This study showcased…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Science Process Skills, Inquiry, Preservice Teachers
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Avargil, Shirly; Saxena, Arunika – Research in Science Education, 2023
Drawing, constructing, and explaining a model of a given abstract phenomenon is a challenging task. In this study, students were engaged in the "Project-Based Inquiry Science (PBIS)-Air Quality" learning unit, as part of their chemistry curriculum. The study aim is to determine how well students understand chemistry conceptually after…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Pollution, Scoring Rubrics
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Küçük, Taner; Bayir, Eylem; Zorluoglu, Seraceddin Levent – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2023
In this study, the effect of teaching based on the 5E instructional model on students' conceptual learning was investigated. The participants consisted of three inclusion students with mild mental disabilities who were studying in the sixth grade of a secondary school. A lesson plan based on the 5E teaching model was designed, focusing on the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Mild Intellectual Disability, Instructional Effectiveness
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Nkurikiyimana, Jean de Dieu; Uwamahoro, Jean; Ndihokubwayo, Kizito – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2022
This study assesses the level of application of the 5E's educational model by Rwandan physics teachers and how the model affects the learning of basic classical mechanics in secondary school physics classrooms. For this analysis, quantitative data were collected using the classroom observation tool framed at the 5E's educational model. A sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mechanics (Physics), Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
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Liu, Yinsheng; He, Wei; Zhao, Li – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
Inquiry-based learning has been widely applied in the classroom. Different inquiry learning models may have different orders of performing tasks and discussing. In this study, the Discuss-Do (D-DO) inquiry model and the Do-Discuss (DO-D) inquiry model were applied in the science learning of two groups of fifth-grade students. Group 1 (n = 41) used…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Education, Science Instruction
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Gerhátová, Žaneta; Perichta, Peter; Drienovský, Marián; Palcut, Marián – Education Sciences, 2021
The article presents our Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) activities in the project-based Science education of third graders (8--9-year-old pupils) in the Slovak Republic. Individual tasks of project assignment titled "Temperature Measurement" were conceived for "guided inquiry". We also supported the IBL of pupils by interactive…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Active Learning, Inquiry, Grade 3
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Murphy, Clíona; Smith, Greg; Broderick, Nicola – Research in Science Education, 2021
This paper explores the effect teachers' participation in a targeted inquiry-based/nature of science (NoS) continuing professional development programme had on Irish primary children's experiences of scientific inquiry and developing conceptions of NoS. Data were gathered from 459 children from 10 Dublin schools. The findings revealed that their…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Scientific Principles, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
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Sui, Chi-Jung; Chen, Hsin-Chueh; Cheng, Ping-Han; Chang, Chun-Yen – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2023
Utilizing an inquiry-learning space (ILS) via the Go-Lab platform, we investigated students' technology acceptance, knowledge integration [KI] process, and learning outcomes of both the high-achiever KI student and low-achiever KI student. This study aimed to understand how students engage in knowledge integration tasks using an inquiry-learning…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, High Achievement
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Paz, Giovanni Scataglia Botelho; Locatelli, Solange Wagner – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2023
Science education objectives in Brazil have evolved over time. Initially, the focus was on creating scientifically literate citizens who could relate scientific concepts to their daily lives. In 2017, the São Paulo City Curriculum for Natural Sciences was introduced to teach students scientific literacy through inquiry-based teaching methods. This…
Descriptors: Natural Sciences, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum
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Zoupidis, Anastasios; Tselfes, Vasilis; Papadopoulou, Penelope; Kariotoglou, Petros – Education Sciences, 2022
In this paper, we investigate the intentions of kindergarten teachers to use the content and to apply the teaching methods that they acquired in a one-day teacher training seminar. According to the theory of planned behavior, the answer to this research question is directly related to a series of social-psychological personal criteria assessments,…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Intention, Teaching Methods
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Battaglia, Onofrio Rosario; Di Paola, Benedetto; Fazio, Claudio – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Many research results show that students often highlight "mixed-type" reasoning when tackling problematic situations and problems. This reasoning is based on the simultaneous use of common-sense and mere descriptions of facts, perceived as sufficient to build an "explanation" of observed or proposed situations and problems.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Student Attitudes, Scientific Concepts
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William Zivanayi; Chinelo Georgina Candy Nwaigwe – Science Education International, 2024
Fostering methods that promote learners' conceptual understanding is crucial for better performance in science subjects. This study investigated how teachers of physical sciences perceive the utilization of Concept Cartoons as a formative evaluation tool. Ten Grade 11 teachers selected from secondary schools in the Nelson Mandela Bay district of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers
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