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Lederman, Judith S.; Lederman, Norman G.; Bartos, Stephen A.; Bartels, Selina L.; Meyer, Allison Antink; Schwartz, Renee S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
Helping students develop informed views about scientific inquiry (SI) has been and continues to be a goal of K-12 science education, as evidenced in various reform documents. Nevertheless, research focusing on understandings of SI has taken a perceptible backseat to that which focuses on the "doing" of inquiry. We contend that this is…
Descriptors: Science Education, Measures (Individuals), Inquiry, Educational Change
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Maskiewicz, April C.; Winters, Victoria A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
We set out to understand how different instantiations of inquiry emerged in two different years of one elementary teacher's classroom. Longitudinal observations from Mrs. Charles' 5th grade science classroom forced us to carefully and deliberately consider who exactly was responsible for the change in the class activities and norms. We provide…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary School Science, Grade 5, Class Activities