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How Do Beliefs Come into Play? An Examination of the Influence of Core Conceptions on Science Teachers' Inquiry Lesson Plan Designs
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Dulger, Mehmet Fatih – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Teaching science through inquiry-based methodologies has been advocated by several governmental and professional organizations (National Research Council [NRC], 2000; NGSS Lead States, 2013); however, their use is not widespread. Why is this? What science teachers do in their classrooms is shaped by their beliefs, especially their beliefs about…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Science Teachers, Active Learning, Inquiry
Scientific Practices for Student-Centered Inquiry: The Impact of a Focus on Student Proficiency in Data Analysis and Scientific Argumentation on Inquiry-Based Practices in a First-Grade Classroom
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Grant, Whitnee – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Previous to this study, teaching and learning practices in the first-grade classroom of study were primarily teacher and content driven and did not reflect the student-driven inquiry process. The identified problem of practice for this action research study was the first-grade students in the teacher-researcher classroom did not demonstrate…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Inquiry, Student Centered Curriculum, Grade 1
Employing Inquiry-Based Computer Simulations and Embedded Scientist Videos to Teach Challenging Climate Change and Nature of Science Concepts
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Cohen, Edward Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Design based research was utilized to investigate how students use a greenhouse effect simulation in order to derive best learning practices. During this process, students recognized the authentic scientific process involving computer simulations. The simulation used is embedded within an inquiry-based technology-mediated science curriculum known…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Computer Simulation, Video Technology