ERIC Number: EJ1046749
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0952-3987
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Going beyond Textbooks: A Study on Seamless Science Inquiry in an Upper Primary Class
Song, Yanjie; Kong, Siu Cheung
Educational Media International, v51 n3 p226-236 2014
This paper reports an initial study on investigating inquiry-based learning in science in an upper primary class guided by an inquiry-based learning model in a seamless learning environment. Two questions are addressed: (1) how students advanced their domain knowledge?; and (2) how students developed their inquiry skills? One teacher and 27 Grade-four students from a local primary school were involved in the study. Six inquiry-based learning lessons focusing on a scientific "rustproofing" learning unit were conducted in a seamless learning environment, initiated in a digital classroom and extended to online discussions on a social network platform. Qualitative data were collected and analysed over two weeks. The results show ways that the students advanced their domain knowledge and developed their inquiry skills.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Science Education, Primary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Units of Study, Handheld Devices, Science Process Skills, Science Activities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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