Engaging Students in Inquiry: Tales From an Undergraduate Geology Laboratory-Based Course

Autor/in	Apedoe, Xornam S.
Titel	Engaging Students in Inquiry: Tales From an Undergraduate Geology Laboratory-Based Course
Quelle	In: Science Education, 92 (2008) 4, S.631-663 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8326
DOI	10.1002/sce.20254
Schlagwörter	Geology; Teaching Methods; Science Instruction; Inquiry; Case Studies; Undergraduate Study; Observation; Classroom Techniques; Questionnaires; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Guidance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Historische Geologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Grundstudium; Beobachtung; Klassenführung; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Beratung
Abstract	This paper reports the synthesis of three case studies of students' engagement in inquiry-based learning activities in an upper-level undergraduate geology course. Details of how students engaged in scientific questions, gave priority to evidence, formulated explanations, evaluated explanations, and communicated and justified their findings are presented. Data for this study included classroom observations and fieldnotes of classroom practices, questionnaires, archival data (e.g., student work samples), and audiotapes and transcripts of interviews conducted with the student participants throughout the course. The findings suggest that although these students were able to successfully appropriate inquiry practices (e.g., giving priority to evidence), it was not without its challenges (e.g., perceived lack of guidance). A detailed discussion of the ways in which students were successful, and where they had challenges engaging in inquiry is presented, with the goal of helping direct practitioners and researchers to strategies whereby students' inquiry experiences can be improved. (Contains 6 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10