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Direct linkChing-Sui Hung; Hsin-Kai Wu – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
Drawing upon the model for science teacher assessment literacy developed by [Abell, S. K., & Siegel, M. A. (2011). Assessment literacy: What science teachers need to know and be able to do. In "The professional knowledge base of science teaching" (pp. 205-221). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3927-9_12], this study…
Descriptors: High School Students, Science Teachers, Assessment Literacy, Active Learning
Natalya St. Clair; A. Lynn Stephens; Hee-Sun Lee – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
This case study examines how material resistance (limitations posed by the physical world) and graph interpretation intersected during a high school biology investigation using digital sensors. We use an extended episode from a small group to illustrate how, in an inquiry-based unit, measuring near the resolution limit of a sensor caused scaling…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Biology, Laboratory Equipment, Science Instruction
Bartels, Selina; Lederman, Judith – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Scientific literacy is the primary goal of elementary science education. Scientific literacy requires an overall understanding of what science is, and how and why scientific knowledge is developed. The normal assumption is that as students progress in school, they learn more. One would expect students to become more scientifically literate as they…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Scientific Literacy, Scientists, Scientific Attitudes
Judith S. Lederman; Selina Bartels; Juan Jimenez; Norman G. Lederman; Katherine Acosta; Karina Adbo; Valarie L. Akerson; Mariana a. Bologna Soares de Andrade; Lucy Avraamidou; Kerry-Anne Barber; Estelle Blanquet; Saouma Boujaoude; Rosa Cardoso; Claire Dresslar Cesljarev; Pawat Chaipidech; Catherine Pozarski Connolly; David T. Crowther; Pabi Maya Das; Özgür Kivilcan Dogan; Ani Epitropova; Naruho Fukuda; Lichun Gai; Soraya Hamed; Cigdem Han-Tosunoglu; Gary M. Holliday; Xiao Huang; Rola Khishfe; Anna Koumara; Elianna Kraan; Jari Lavonen; Jessica Shuk Ching Leunga; Yanmei Li; Mila Rosa Librea-Carden; Cheng Liu; Shiang-Yao Liu; Kendra McMahon; Marlene Morales; Patricia D. Morrell; Irene Neumann; Jisun Park; Mafor Penn; Eric Picholle; Katerine Plakitsi; Umesh Ramnarain; Zhelyazka Raykova; Arantza Rico; Fátima Rodríguez-Marín; Aritz Ruiz-González; Carl-Johan Rundgren; Richard Deanne Sagun; Suvi Salonen; Hui Shao; Niwat Srisawasdi; Aik Ling Tan; Radu Bogdan Toma; Tshering; Zeynep Ünsal; Clara Vidal Carulla; Jana Visnovska; Frauke Voitle; Yalcin Yalaki; Hye-jin Yoo; Quianyun Zhu – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
Knowledge of scientific inquiry (SI) is considered essential to the development of an individual's Scientific Literacy (SL) and therefore, SI is included in many international science education reform documents. Two previous large scale international studies assessed the SI understandings of students entering middle school and secondary students…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes
Daniel Matheus da Silva; Lorena Oliveira de Sousa; Ana Claudia Kasseboehmer – International Journal of Science Education, 2025
This work reports the development and application of an analytical tool for the analysis of the formation of the scientific mind of students who took part in inquiry activities, based on the philosophy of Gaston Bachelard, in a Chemistry Club. For the construction of the analytical instrument, an extracurricular course was offered to first-year…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science Process Skills, Scientific Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Wan, Tong – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
Measurement uncertainty is a key topic in the university physics laboratory curriculum. In this study, we investigate students' ability to draw conclusions from measurement data and reasoning about measurement uncertainty in inquiry labs. This investigation centres around a task where students conclude whether measurements from two experiments…
Descriptors: Measurement, Physics, College Science, Science Laboratories
Li, Zihan; Cai, Xinyu; Kuznetsova, Maria; Kurilova, Anastasia – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Creative thinking and scientific knowledge are essential components of twenty-first-century learning. The aim is to assess the effectiveness of an inquiry-based interdisciplinary course of study, complemented by training that stimulates the development of creative and research skills. The main sample, which provided the most complete data set,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Thinking Skills, Research Skills, Inquiry
Moonhyun Han; Phil Seok Oh – International Journal of Science Education, 2025
Using a qualitative case study method, we examined how students talked, acted, and felt in structured inquiry in attempt to understand how students' epistemic emotions interact with their engagement in practices. Participants were four 5th graders, and data included audio recordings of the students' talk in structured inquiry for learning a…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Psychological Patterns, Science Education, Educational Practices
Kersting, Magdalena; Karlsen, Solveig; Ødegaard, Marianne; Olufsen, Magne; Kjaernsli, Marit; Suhr Lunde, Mai Lill – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
A large body of research has studied the role and potential of inquiry to increase the quality of teaching in science education. While much of this existing research is based on international large-scale assessment studies, we still lack a clear understanding of the factors that influence the quality of inquiry-based science teaching in actual…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Education
Fukuda, Mari; Hajian, Shiva; Jain, Misha; Liu, Arita L.; Obaid, Teeba; Nesbit, John C.; Winne, Philip H. – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
In scientific inquiry learning, within-task guidance tailored to the learner's domain knowledge and inquiry skill may be essential to promote intended learning outcomes. However, due to dynamic complexity across the timeline of inquiry learning, principles for designing tailored guidance are elusive. In this study, experienced tutors provided…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Tutors, Tutoring
Hrisa, Karagianni; Psillos, Dimitris – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
This paper investigates whether and how primary school students improve their epistemic understanding about a particular aspect of the nature of inquiry (NOSI), namely, the 'non-linear nature of inquiry' through an explicit-reflective or implicit instruction. The sample consisted of 30 5th grade students, who were randomly divided into two groups:…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Active Learning, Inquiry, Elementary School Students
Cirkony, Connie – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
To promote scientific literacy in school science, students need to learn key concepts in science, along with the nature of scientific knowledge and how it is generated. Ideally, this learning mirrors authentic scientific inquiry through student engagement in three key epistemic practices: flexibility and creativity, knowledge construction, and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Authentic Learning, Inquiry, Active Learning
Vorholzer, Andreas; von Aufschnaiter, Claudia – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
Inquiry-based instruction is an important teaching strategy in science education that can be implemented to achieve different learning goals (e.g. the learning of science content or of inquiry skills and strategies). Inquiry-based instruction is often combined with guidance attempting to assist students to effectively engage in inquiry activities…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Instruction, Guidance
Grangeat, Michel; Harrison, Christine; Dolin, Jens – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
This article introduces this special issue by addressing the types of assessment practices that are possible within STEM inquiry classrooms, where the focus is on noticing, developing, and improving inquiry competencies. Three domains are explored: informal formative assessment occurring in classroom interactions; structured formative assessment…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, STEM Education, Inquiry, Active Learning
Manuel Bächtold; David Cross; Valérie Munier – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
Data from PISA and TIMSS have recently fuelled the debate on the efficacy of Inquiry-Based Science Teaching (IBST). Some analyses of these data show that the effects of different scientific activities related to IBST carried out with students vary according to the frequency of their implementation. Extending this research, the present study…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Knowledge Level, Inquiry, Scientific Principles
