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The Effect of Group Investigation (GI) Learning Model on the Student Problem Solving Ability and Students Academic Achievement on the Digestive System Material for Biology Students
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Supiandi, Markus Iyus; Ege, Benediktus – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2017
This research was carried out to analyze the effect of Group Investigation (GI) model on the student problem solving ability and students academic achievement on the digestive system material for students grade 8th junior high school 2 Belimbing Hulu. In this study we used quasi experimental design according to the quantitative research methods,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Junior High School Students, Grade 8
What Is Life? An Activity to Convey the Complexities of This Simple Question
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Prud'homme-Genereux, Annie – American Biology Teacher, 2013
"What is life?" This deceptively simple question lies at the heart of biology. In this activity, students work in groups to come up with their own definition using a set of prompting cards that differs for each team. In doing so, students gain an appreciation of the complexities of addressing this question. The activity takes approximately 60-90…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Undergraduate Students
Supporting Collaborative Inquiry during a Biology Field Trip with Mobile Peer-to-Peer Tools for Learning: A Case Study with K-12 Learners
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Laru, Jari; Jarvela, Sanna; Clariana, Roy B. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
This study explores how collaborative inquiry learning can be supported with multiple scaffolding agents in a real-life field trip context. In practice, a mobile peer-to-peer messaging tool provided meta-cognitive and procedural support, while tutors and a nature guide provided more dynamic scaffolding in order to support argumentative discussions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Field Trips, Persuasive Discourse
Differentiating Science Instruction and Assessment for Learners with Special Needs, K-8
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Finson, Kevin D.; Ormsbee, Christine K.; Jensen, Mary M. – Corwin, 2011
Teachers are required to provide appropriate science instruction to all students, including children with special needs. However, educators are often left on their own to figure out how to effectively differentiate lessons and activities. This timely, practical guidebook shows general and special educators how to retool science activities and…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Academic Achievement, Teacher Collaboration
Structuring Collaboration in Mixed-Ability Groups to Promote Verbal Interaction, Learning, and Motivation of Average-Ability Students
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Saleh, Mohammad; Lazonder, Ard W.; Jong, Ton de – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007
Average-ability students often do not take full advantage of learning in mixed-ability groups because they hardly engage in the group interaction. This study examined whether structuring collaboration by group roles and ground rules for helping behavior might help overcome this participatory inequality. In a plant biology course, heterogeneously…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Student Motivation, Helping Relationship, Biology
Interactions among Children in Scholastic Contexts and Knowledge Acquisition in Biology
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Ponce, Corinne; Schneeberger, Patricia – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2002
This article presents the first results of an investigation in a scholastic context aimed a determining the conditions that favour the acquisition of knowledge in biology within interactions in groups of 4 pupils. There were three work sessions in small groups, and some sessions in class groups. The pupils' conceptions were assessed at the…
Descriptors: Biology, Students, Interaction, Freehand Drawing