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Facilitating Family Group Inquiry at Science Museum Exhibits
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Gutwill, Joshua P.; Allen, Sue – Science Education, 2010
We describe a study of programs to deepen families' scientific inquiry practices in a science museum setting. The programs incorporated research-based learning principles from formal and informal educational environments. In a randomized experimental design, two versions of the programs, called "inquiry games," were compared to two control…
Descriptors: Museums, Exhibits, Effect Size, Inquiry
The Laboratory in Science Education: Foundations for the Twenty-First Century
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Hofstein, Avi; Lunetta, Vincent N. – Science Education, 2004
The laboratory has been given a central and distinctive role in science education, and science educators have suggested that rich benefits in learning accrue from using laboratory activities. Twenty years have been elapsed since we published a frequently cited, critical review of the research on the school science laboratory (Hofstein & Lunetta,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Laboratories, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments
College Science Teachers' Views of Classroom Inquiry
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Brown, Patrick L.; Abell, Sandra K.; Demir, Abdulkadir; Schmidt, Francis J. – Science Education, 2006
The purposes of this study were to (a) gain an understanding of the views of inquiry held by faculty members involved in undergraduate science teaching and (b) describe the challenges, constraints, and opportunities that they perceived in designing and teaching inquiry-based laboratories. Participants included 19 college professors, representing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Activities, Science Laboratories, College Science
Gender Differences in Middle Grade Science Achievement: Subject Domain, Ability Level, and Course Emphasis.
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Lee, Valerie E.; Burkam, David T. – Science Education, 1996
Uses base-year data from a nationally representative database (NELS:88) to identify important explanatory factors for gender differences in science performance. Documents a large advantage for boys on the subtest of physical science and a modest advantage for girls in life science. Concludes that laboratory experiences are beneficial for girls'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Enrollment Trends, Gender Issues
Secondary Science Teachers' Use of Laboratory Activities: Linking Epistemological Beliefs, Goals, and Practices
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Kang, Nam-Hwa; Wallace, Carolyn S. – Science Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to explore how science teachers' epistemological beliefs and teaching goals are related to their use of lab activities. Research questions include: (1) What are the teachers' epistemological beliefs pertaining to lab activities? (2) Why do the science teachers use lab activities? (3) How are the teachers'…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Teachers, Epistemology, Secondary School Teachers
Components of Interesting Science Experiments.
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Martinez, Michael E.; Haertel, Edward – Science Education, 1991
Examines features of science experiments that make them interesting to middle school students (n=59 seventh graders). Compared a model of interest in learning with the reasons students gave for liking experiments. Latent partition analysis was used to derive an empirical model from characteristics of interesting science experiments. (PR)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Research, Grade 7, Interest Research