Comparing an Inquiry-Based Approach Known as the Science Writing Heuristic to Traditional Science Teaching Practices: Are There Differences?

Autor/inn/en	Akkus, Recai; Gunel, Murat; Hand, Brian
Titel	Comparing an Inquiry-Based Approach Known as the Science Writing Heuristic to Traditional Science Teaching Practices: Are There Differences?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 29 (2007) 14, S.1745-1765 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
Schlagwörter	Test Results; Science Achievement; Heuristics; Scores; Science Instruction; Inquiry; Teaching Methods; Comparative Analysis; Instructional Effectiveness; Observation; Research Methodology; Writing (Composition); Secondary School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Heuristik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Beobachtung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Schreibübung; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	Many state and federal governments have mandated in such documents as the National Science Education Standards that inquiry strategies should be the focus of the teaching of science within school classrooms. The difficult part for success is changing teacher practices from perceived traditional ways of teaching to more inquiry-based approaches. Arguments are often made about the effectiveness of these traditional strategies. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the inquiry-based approach known as the Science Writing Heuristic approach as a treatment to traditional teaching practices on students' post-test scores in relation to students' achievement level and teacher's implementation of the approach. A mixed-method research approach was used to analyze the teacher observational data and students' test results. The major findings of this study are that the quality of the implementation does have an impact on student performance on post-test scores and that high-quality implementation of the Science Writing Heuristic approach has significant advantages in closing the achievement gap within science classrooms. (Contains 6 tables and 4 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10