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Senyigit, Çigdem; Önder, Fatih; Silay, Ilhan – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2021
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of simulation-supported inquiry-based learning on pre-service teachers' conceptual understanding of capacitors. The participants consisted of 50 pre-service teachers studying at a state university in Turkey. The participants were divided into two groups of 25 each on the basis of their…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Physics, Science Instruction
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Mataka, Lloyd M.; Taibu, Rex – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2020
A quasi-experimental treatment control group design was used to investigate the effect of a conceptual change curriculum, Multi-Step Inquiry approach, on students' perception of their learning in a science classroom. This started with the development of a workbook that explicitly focused on conceptual understanding, followed by the development and…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Concept Formation, Science Instruction
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Syahrial; Asrial; Kurniawan, Dwi Agus; Perdana, Rahmat; Pratama, Reza Aditya – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Purpose: Critical thinking and student attitudes are pertinent to 21st century learning of cultural values which is still very low. Research with a focus on improving these skills and attitudes using inquiry-based approaches are very limited. This research aimed to improve critical thinking and student attitudes of elementary school teacher…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Constructivism (Learning), Learning Modules
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Seroussi, Dominique-Esther; Yaffe, Yossi; Sharon, Rakefet – International Education Studies, 2017
Linking between pedagogical content knowledge and high-level subject-matter knowledge in science teacher training remains a challenge. This paper analyses the reaction of beginning student teachers to an activity designed for this purpose, "peer lecturing." This activity was a part of the requirements of an introductory zoology course,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Lamanauskas, Vincentas, Ed. – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2019
These proceedings contain papers of the 3rd International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2019) held in Šiauliai, Lithuania, June 17-19, 2019. This symposium was organized by the Scientific Methodical Center "Scientia Educologica" in cooperation with the Institute of Education, Šiauliai University. The…
Descriptors: Science Education, Technology Education, Formative Evaluation, Chemistry
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Sanger, Michael J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
A previous study showed that elementary teaching majors enrolled in an inquiry-based physical science course developed chemistry content knowledge comparable to that of students enrolled in traditional lecture-based courses. This current study compares the views of these elementary teaching majors regarding how chemistry is taught and learned to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Majors (Students), Scientific Principles, Chemistry