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Scientific Inquiry

Scientific Inquiry. 13 February, 2009. Scientific Inquiry. What is it? - Your definition - NSTA Position Statement - Other internet resources. Scientific Inquiry. Characteristics Asking & identifying questions Designing & conducting investigations

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Scientific Inquiry

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  1. Scientific Inquiry 13 February, 2009

  2. Scientific Inquiry What is it? - Your definition - NSTA Position Statement - Other internet resources

  3. Scientific Inquiry • Characteristics • Asking & identifying questions • Designing & conducting investigations • Using appropriate technology & tools • Formulating & revising explanations/models • Analyzing alternative explanations/models • Communicating results • Generating new questions From National Science Education Standards

  4. Scientific Inquiry • Table 2-5. Essential Features of Classroom Inquiry • Learners are engaged by scientifically oriented questions. • Learners give priority to evidence, which allows them to develop and evaluate explanations that address scientifically oriented questions. • Learners formulate explanations from evidence to address scientifically oriented questions. • Learners evaluate their explanations in light of alternative explanations, particularly those reflecting scientific understanding • Learners communicate and justify their proposed explanations. From National Science Education Standards (Ch. 2 p. 25)

  5. Levels of Scientific Inquiry • Confirmation/Verification - students confirm a principle through a prescribed activity when the results are known in advance. • Structured Inquiry - students investigate a teacher-presented question through a prescribed procedure. • Guided Inquiry - students investigate a teacher-presented question using student designed/selected procedures. • Open Inquiry - students investigate topic-related questions that are student formulated through student designed/selected procedures. From: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/wip/four_levels.htm

  6. Levels of Scientific Inquiry What is given to the learner? Herron, M.D. (1971). The nature of scientific enquiry. School Review, 79(2), 171- 212.

  7. Table 2-6. Essential Features of Classroom Inquiry and Their Variations

  8. Inquiry - Applications • Investigate resources • Online • Print • Lesson Plans

  9. Inquiry, Objectives, & Questions Costa’s Levels of Inquiry Bloom’s Taxonomy of Questions

  10. Extensions • How might you modify these lesson plans to make them: • Structured inquiry? • Guided inquiry? • Open inquiry?

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