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The Design, Enactment, and Experience of Inquiry-Based Instruction in Undergraduate Science Education: A Case Study
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Park Rogers, Meredith A.; Abell, Sandra K. – Science Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to understand one case of undergraduate inquiry-based instruction through the words and actions of students and instructors. The data sources included fieldnotes from 16 of 29 classes, two sets of student and instructor interviews (beginning and end of the semester), and a collection of artifacts, such as the…
Descriptors: College Science, Interdisciplinary Approach, Laboratory Manuals, Instructional Materials
Inquiry-Related Tasks in High School Science Laboratory Handbooks.
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Tamir, Pinchas; Lunetta, Vincent N. – Science Education, 1981
Reviews and compares results of content analysis studies of selected high school science laboratory handbooks using the Laboratory Structure and Task Analysis Inventory (LAI). Findings from two biology, two chemistry, and two physics handbooks indicate highly structured investigations where students perform manipulative and observational…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Inquiry, Laboratory Manuals
Training Teachers to Teach Effectively in the Laboratory.
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Tamir, Pinchas – Science Education, 1989
Outlines some strategies used by science teacher educators to train teachers to make laboratory lessons a place for meaningful and useful learning, including content analysis of laboratory manuals, scientific inquiry, flexible organization, concept mapping, Vee heuristics, and inquiry oriented laboratory tests. (YP)
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Inquiry, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Manuals