Using Science Camps to Develop Understandings about Scientific Inquiry--Taiwanese Students in a U.S. Summer Science Camp

Autor/inn/en	Antink-Meyer, Allison; Bartos, Stephen; Lederman, Judith S.; Lederman, Norman G.
Titel	Using Science Camps to Develop Understandings about Scientific Inquiry--Taiwanese Students in a U.S. Summer Science Camp
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 14 (2016) 1, S.29-53 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1571-0068
DOI	10.1007/s10763-014-9576-3
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Summer Programs; Program Effectiveness; Science Instruction; Academically Gifted; Inquiry; Science Process Skills; Grade 8; Grade 9; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Pretests Posttests; Achievement Gains; Foreign Countries; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sommerkurs; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Ausland
Abstract	Recent years have witnessed a dramatic rise in the number of middle and high school students from Asian countries participating in U.S.-based summer experiences (Perlez & Gao, 2013). Although summer science camps have been shown to improve students' attitudes and interests related to science and science learning (Bhattacharyya, Mead & Nathaniel, "School Science and Mathematics" 111:345-353, 2011; Fields, "International Journal of Science Education" 31:151-171, 2009; Gibson & Chase, Science Education 86:693--705, 2002; Luehmann, "International Journal of Science Education" 31:1831-1855, 2009), whether there are cognitive gains for visiting students in these short-term experiences is not well understood (Liu & Lederman, "School Science and Mathematics" 102:114-123, 2002; Williams, Ma, Prejean, Ford & Lai, "Journal of Research on Technology in Education" 40:201-216, 2007). This study explored the efficacy of a U.S. summer science camp to engender improved understandings about scientific inquiry (SI) among a group of gifted Taiwanese students (n?=?19) in grades 8 and 9. Participants were completing an 80-h summer science camp at a Midwestern U.S. university. The Views About Scientific Inquiry (VASI) questionnaire (Lederman, Lederman, Bartos, Bartels, Antink Meyer & Schwartz, Journal of Research in Science Teaching 51:65--83, 2014) was used to capture students' views before and after camp participation, with modest gains evident for five of the eight aspects of scientific inquiry assessed. These gains were related to scientific investigations beginning with a question, the multiple methods of science, the role of the question in guiding procedures, the distinction between data and evidence, and the combination of data and what is already known in the development of explanations. Implications for the structure of science camps for supporting the development of SI understandings among students from Asian classrooms, and in general, are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01