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Direct linkRamnarain, Umesh – Perspectives in Education, 2014
The South African science curriculum advocates an inquiry-based approach to practical work. Inquiry is a complex and multifaceted activity involving both cognitive and physical activity; thus, paper-and-pencil items do not provide the authentic context for this assessment. This study investigates the construct validity of inquiry-related questions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Inquiry, Physical Sciences
Download full textRamnarain, Umesh; Nkhase, Senoelo – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2011
In this article we report on the 'sense-making' by children of a 'scientist' and 'science'. We investigated these conceptions through drawings by using the Draw-a-Scientist Test (DAST) developed by Chambers. We conducted the research in two urban schools; a public school located in a low-income previously designated black (African) suburb, and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, Sciences, Urban Schools
