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Lazonder, Ard W.; Wiskerke-Drost, Sjanou – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
Several studies found that direct instruction and task structuring can effectively promote children's ability to design unconfounded experiments. The present study examined whether the impact of these interventions extends to other scientific reasoning skills by comparing the inquiry activities of 55 fifth-graders randomly assigned to one of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Thinking Skills, Scientific Methodology, Direct Instruction
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Lundin, Mattias – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2007
This article sets out to examine how school science activities can encourage students' participation while supporting a specific science content. One ordinary class with 12-year-old students was chosen and their regular classroom work was studied without intervention and with a minimum of interference. Lessons were video filmed, transcribed and…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Speech Acts, Student Participation, Student Experience