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Direct linkBruckermann, Till; Greving, Hannah; Schumann, Anke; Stillfried, Milena; Börner, Konstantin; Kimmig, Sophia E.; Hagen, Robert; Brandt, Miriam; Harms, Ute – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
In citizen science (CS) projects, citizens who are not professional scientists participate in scientific research. Besides serving research purposes, CS projects provide participants opportunities for inquiry-based learning to promote their topic-specific knowledge and scientific reasoning skills. Previous research suggests that participants need…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Citizen Participation, Scientific Research, Science Projects
Wheeler, Lindsay B.; Gonczi, Amanda L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
This quantitative, exploratory study examined whether a Project-Based Guided Inquiry (PBGI) chemistry laboratory course supported more incremental ability beliefs among students, examined achievement outcomes for students grouped based on changes in student-reported chemistry ability beliefs from pre- to post-course, and provided explanations for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Ability, Beliefs
Yang, Yang; Liu, Xiufeng; Gardella, Joseph A., Jr. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2020
Situated in the context of an in-service professional development (PD) program focused on Interdisciplinary Science Inquiry, this quantitative study tests the validity of and further explores the theoretical model adapted from Desimone's (2009), "Educational Researcher," 38, 181-199 conceptual framework on effectiveness of PD. The…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Science Teachers, Scientific Concepts
Lederman, Judith; Lederman, Norman; Bartels, Selina; Jimenez, Juan; Akubo, Mark; Aly, Shereen; Bao, Chengcheng; Blanquet, Estelle; Blonder, Ron; Bologna Soares de Andrade, Mariana; Buntting, Catherine; Cakir, Mustafa; EL-Deghaidy, Heba; ElZorkani, Ahmed; Gaigher, Estelle; Guo, Shuchen; Hakanen, Arvi; Hamed Al-Lal, Soraya; Han-Tosunoglu, Cigdem; Hattingh, Annemarie; Hume, Anne; Irez, Serhat; Kay, Gillian; Kivilcan Dogan, Ozgur; Kremer, Kerstin; Kuo, Pi-Chu; Lavonen, Jari; Lin, Shu-Fen; Liu, Cheng; Liu, Enshan; Liu, Shiang-Yao; Lv, Bin; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; McDonald, Christine; Neumann, Irene; Pan, Yaozhen; Picholle, Eric; Rivero García, Ana; Rundgren, Carl-Johan; Santibáñez-Gómez, David; Saunders, Kathy; Schwartz, Renee; Voitle, Frauke; von Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Wei, Fangbing; Wishart, Jocelyn; Wu, Zhifeng; Xiao, Huang; Yalaki, Yalcin; Zhou, Qiaoxue – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Although understandings of scientific inquiry (as opposed to conducting inquiry) are included in science education reform documents around the world, little is known about what students have learned about inquiry during their elementary school years. This is partially due to the lack of any assessment instrument to measure understandings about…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Middle School Students, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Chen, Juanjuan; Wang, Minhong; Grotzer, Tina A.; Dede, Chris – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
The use of external representations has a potential to facilitate inquiry learning, especially in hypothesis generation and scientific reasoning, which are typical difficulties encountered by students. This study proposes and investigates the effects of a three-dimensional thinking graph (3DTG) that allows learners to combine in a single image,…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Grade 11, Graphs
Herrington, Deborah G.; Yezierski, Ellen J.; Bancroft, Senetta F. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
The purpose of this study was to compare the ability of different instruments, independently developed and traditionally used for measuring science teachers' beliefs in short-term interventions, to longitudinally measure teachers' changing beliefs. We compared the ability of three self-report instruments (Science Teaching Efficacy Belief…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Science Teachers, Chemistry
Ramnarain, Umesh – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
This mixed-methods research investigated teachers' perceptions of intrinsic factors (personal attributes of the teacher) and extrinsic factors (environmental) influencing the implementation of inquiry-based science learning at township (underdeveloped urban area) high schools in South Africa. Quantitative data were collected by means of an adapted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Attitudes, Influences
Wecker, Christof; Rachel, Alexander; Heran-Dörr, Eva; Waltner, Christine; Wiesner, Hartmut; Fischer, Frank – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
In the course of inquiry activities similar to those of real scientists, learners are supposed to develop knowledge both on the level of observable phenomena and on the level of explanatory theories. However, some theories involve theoretical entities (e.g., "Weiss domains") that cannot be observed directly and therefore may be hard to…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Theories, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Hasson, Eilat; Yarden, Anat – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
Inquiry is essentially a process in which research questions are asked and an attempt is made to find the answers. However, the formulation of operational research questions of the sort used in authentic scientific inquiry is not a trivial task. Here, we set out to explore the possible influence of separating the research question from the…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Discovery Learning, Research Methodology, Science Laboratories
Liu, Ou Lydia; Lee, Hee-Sun; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Teachers play a central role in inquiry science classrooms. In this study, we investigate how seven teacher variables (i.e., gender, experience, perceived importance of inquiry and traditional teaching, workshop attendance, partner teacher, use of technology) affect student knowledge integration understanding of science topics drawing on previous…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Teaching Methods, Predictor Variables, Educational Strategies
Wilson, Christopher D.; Taylor, Joseph A.; Kowalski, Susan M.; Carlson, Janet – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
We conducted a laboratory-based randomized control study to examine the effectiveness of inquiry-based instruction. We also disaggregated the data by student demographic variables to examine if inquiry can provide equitable opportunities to learn. Fifty-eight students aged 14-16 years old were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Both groups of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Active Learning, Inquiry
Peer reviewedJohnson, Margaret A.; Lawson, Anton E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
The purpose of this study was to determine if factors to predict success in college biology (i.e., prior knowledge of biology or reasoning ability) depend on the instructional method employed (i.e., expository or inquiry). Reasoning ability was found to account for a significant amount of variance in final examination scores, regardless of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education
