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Direct linkAhr, Emmanuel; Potvin, Patrice; Charland, Patrick; Chastenay, Pierre; Brault Foisy, Lorie-Marlène; Bruyère, Marie-Hélène; Boissard, Bénédicte; Cyr, Guillaume – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2023
This article introduces a flexible and easy-to-implement open-ended scientific inquiry activity called the Paper Towels Challenge. After experimentally determining which of three unbranded paper towels is the most absorbent, students discuss their results and methods. The teacher facilitates the discussion of epistemological issues. This activity…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Inquiry, Science Achievement, Science Process Skills
Download full textHatice Altinok; Bülent Aydogdu; Fatma Betül Senol – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2025
The aim of this research was to provide preschool children with context-based science and nature activities and basic process skills. The research was carried out with 11 children aged 48-60 months in the second term of the 2019-2020 academic years. The research was designed according to action research, one of the qualitative research designs. In…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Preschool Children, Learning Activities, Science Activities
Weigel, Emily G.; Angra, Aakanksha – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
In the information age, the acquisition of data literacy skills has become increasingly important for undergraduate student success, yet these skills are not emphasized in the lecture setting. Here we present a study to inspire educators to scaffold graph knowledge and interpretation into their classrooms. Specifically, we sought to understand how…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Active Learning, Animal Behavior, Graphs
Chen Huei Leo; Nachamma Sockalingam; Mei Xuan Tan; Yajuan Zhu; Xiaojuan Khoo – Biomedical Engineering Education, 2025
Challenge Statement: Laboratory classes are indispensable in the teaching of biomedical engineering education, offering students invaluable hands-on experience and opportunities for practical application of theoretical knowledge. However, without a deep understanding of the underlying principles, students may find themselves merely going through…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Inquiry, Active Learning, Biomedicine
Chiara Elmi – School Science and Mathematics, 2025
Interactive digital technologies are playing an increasingly important part in education for enhancing collaborative learning processes and improving engagement. Social annotation (SA) tools and collaborative platforms are an innovative way to involve students to give and take feedback, annotate, and brainstorm on complex topics in science,…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Science Process Skills, Thinking Skills, Inquiry
Richards, A. J. – Physics Teacher, 2020
As students learn physics, they are often required to reason about the behavior of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena, and to synthesize prior knowledge from several different areas of physics to construct understanding of new ideas. This can be a tremendously difficult cognitive task for novice students, especially when the unfamiliar…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Visualization, Science Process Skills
Wanda M. Valsecchi; Jose M. Delfino; Javier Santos; Santiago E. Faraj – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
When teaching STEM courses, it is important to introduce state-of-the-art techniques. Students need to learn how to conduct experiments, analyse data and choose the most effective approaches to address meaningful situations. Here we present the assessment of the implementation of a structured inquiry-based activity aimed at teaching students about…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Learning Activities, Inquiry, Skill Development
Mustafa Cansiz – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
Although integrating the history of science (HOS) into teaching has long been recommended in science education research, studies have revealed conflicting results on its effectiveness. These are mainly due to the need for more studies in this context. Therefore, this research aimed to explore the impact of HOS teaching on science process skills,…
Descriptors: History, Science Education, Comparative Analysis, Scientific Research
Chaijalearn, Yuttana; Saleekhum, Parinya; Lordkeaw, Chonlasit; Ratchawet, Anodar; Intharawiset, Thanin – Higher Education Studies, 2023
The research aimed to 1) build and assess suitability of the learning management plan of the predictive-observation-explanatory (POE) technology based learning approach to promote scientific explanation making about the change of the substance for primary school students, 2) to distill the lesson learnt of the predictive-observation-explanatory…
Descriptors: Learning Management Systems, Science Education, Elementary School Students, Science Instruction
Wong, Michael; Al-Arnawoot, Ahmed; Hass, Katrina – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2022
In undergraduate science education, emphasis is often placed on teaching subject matter rather than science process skills (e.g., critical thinking, problem solving). Although important to scientific training, these skills are often not taught because they are challenging to teach. We therefore present a case-scenario activity that aims to…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Student Attitudes
Emrah Higde; Ahmet Volkan Yüzüak; Zekiye Merve Öcal; Hilal Aktamis – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
The Many-Facet Rasch model is frequently used to analyse and minimize disparities in rater (judge) severity in performance evaluations, in which raters assign scores to test-takers' performances. In this research, the aim of the present study was to analyse science teacher candidates' laboratory activities by using the Many-facet Rasch model.…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Learning Activities, Science Process Skills, Student Attitudes
Rattanapirun, Narapat; Laosinchai, Parames – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Molecular symmetry is a topic that requires mental manipulation of molecules when searching for symmetry elements and their corresponding symmetry operations. Such mental activities are difficult for students in a traditional classroom where only definitions and demonstrations are provided. Therefore, an exploration-based activity was developed to…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Molecular Structure, College Science, College Students
Wang, Hsin-Hui; Hong, Zuway-R; She, Hsiao-Ching; Smith, Thomas J.; Fielding, Jill; Lin, Huann-shyang – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
Background: The recommendation from national documents and reports to promote inquiry-related science activities has not been supported by recent studies, which have found the overall frequency of inquiry activities to be negatively associated with student learning outcomes. This study was inspired by such conflicting reports and aimed to clarify…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Epistemology, Beliefs, Literacy
Melody W. Young; Noah D. Chernik; Stratos J. Kantounis; Matthew J. Cannata; James Q. Virga; Reuben N. Jacobson; Jon A. Gustafson; Aleksandra S. Ratkiewicz; Enkhjin Batbayar; Badamkhand Monhochir; Binderiya Munkhbat; Minjin Bolortsetseg; Carol Weintraub; Stan Silverman; Gabby Guilhon; Edwin Dickinson; Michael C. Granatosky – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2025
Access to high-quality outreach programs is crucial for preparing students for STEM careers, yet traditional classrooms often lack diverse, hands-on learning opportunities, particularly in anatomy and evolutionary biology. We present "Are You Stronger Than a Lemur?"--an interactive STEM activity that introduces K-12 students to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Outreach Programs, Anatomy, Biomechanics
Keller, Philip – Physics Teacher, 2019
Before students learn Kirchhoff's rules, they are typically taught how to solve "combined series-parallel" circuits. The method presented in many textbooks begins by drawing a series of simplified circuits, replacing series and/or parallel elements with their equivalent resistances, eventually reducing the circuit to a voltage source and…
Descriptors: Physics, Equipment, Energy, Problem Solving
