ERIC Number: EJ1313974
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 12
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ISSN: EISSN-2146-5711
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Theory and Law: Mystery Lines Activity
Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, v9 n1 p25-36 2019
This study aimed to teach 9th grade students the meanings of scientific theory and scientific law, and the differences between them. The related literature informs that students at different grade levels have misconceptions about the definition of both scientific theory and scientific law and the relationship between them. In this study, the teaching activity emphasized that the characteristics of scientific theory and scientific law are different. The activity was carried out in five groups, each with 5 students forming a sample of 25 students. The first part of the activity emphasized that scientific laws are in fact the simplest form of relations and generalizations. The second part focused on scientific theories emerging from inferential explanations. This activity is important in terms of supporting conceptual understanding of the students and teaching that scientific theories and scientific laws are different kinds of information and that scientific knowledge are open to change.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Scientific Principles, Theories, High School Students, Grade 9, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills, Science Activities, Scientific Literacy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 9; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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