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Exploring the Effects and Inquiry Process Behaviors of Fifth-Grade Students Using Predict-Observe-Explain Strategy in Virtual Inquiry Learning
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Yafeng Zheng; Xue Bai; Yang Yang; Chang Xu – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
This study examined the impact of integrating virtual science inquiry activities with Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) teaching strategies on 5th graders' understanding of science concepts and epistemic beliefs in science. A cohort of 80 5th graders (mean age of 12 years old, 40 boys and 40 girls) from a public primary school in North China took part…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Science Activities, Inquiry
Exploring the Effect of Directive and Reflective Feedback on Elementary School Students' Scientific Conceptual Understanding, Epistemological Beliefs, and Inquiry Performance in Online Inquiry Activities
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Yafeng Zheng; Shebing Sun; Yang Yang; Chang Xu – Research in Science Education, 2024
This study explored the differences in the effects of directive versus reflective feedback on elementary school students' conceptual understanding and epistemological beliefs in a simulation-based online science inquiry environment, by comparing more fine-grained differences in the inquiry behaviors of students who received the two types of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Elementary School Students, Scientific Concepts, Epistemology