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Li, Haiying; Gobert, Janice; Dickler, Rachel – Grantee Submission, 2018
Science assessments should evaluate the full complement of inquiry practices (NGSS, 2013). Our previous work has shown that a large proportion of students' open responses did not match their scientific investigations (Li et al., 2017a). The present study both unpacks and compares the sub-components underlying students' performance for…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Middle School Students, Content Area Writing
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Demir, Abdulkadir; Schmidt, Frank; Abell, Sandra K. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
The authors engaged nonscience majors enrolled in an integrated science course with a prototype activity designed to change their mindset from cookbook to inquiry science. This article describes the activity, the Warm Little Pond, which helped students develop essential understanding of basic statistics, significant figures, and the idea that…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Science Education, Undergraduate Students, Science Curriculum