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Zudaire, Isabel; Buil, Raquel; Uriz, Irantzu; Napal, María – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2022
Inquiry-based science education has become one of the most effective methodologies to learn science; however, proposals in preschool are scarce. Different factors are responsible for this situation, such as the low self-confidence of teachers to teach science and the belief that young children are unable to develop certain reasoning skills. This…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Education, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Demir, Meral; Soytürk, Mümine; Öztürk, Özden Tepeköylü – Journal of Educational Issues, 2020
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of inquiry-based instruction in the teaching of fundamental movement skills to fifth-grade students on the children's perceived motor competence. Utilizing a post-test experimental design with control group, the study was carried out with 260 fifth-grade students studying in ten different classes…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Basic Skills, Psychomotor Skills, Movement Education
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Justice, Christopher; Rice, James; Warry, Wayne – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
This article examines evidence of academic skill development and transfer related to the taking of a first year Inquiry-based seminar course designed to enhance a range of self-directed learning skills and their transferability to other learning contexts. The study compares a sample of academic work from two groups of Social Sciences students, one…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Transfer of Training, Active Learning, Inquiry