Designing Inquiry-Oriented Science Lab Activities

Autor/in	Longo, Christopher M.
Titel	Designing Inquiry-Oriented Science Lab Activities
Quelle	In: Middle School Journal, 43 (2011) 1, S.6-15 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-0771
Schlagwörter	Middle Schools; Science Teachers; Inquiry; Science Activities; Curriculum Design; Intermode Differences; Science Experiments; Conventional Instruction; Instructional Innovation; Comparative Analysis; Class Activities; Classroom Environment; Classroom Techniques; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Educational Practices; Change Strategies; Educational Strategies; Discovery Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrplangestaltung; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Klassenführung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Bildungspraxis; Lösungsstrategie; Lehrstrategie; Entdeckendes Lernen
Abstract	Mr. Smith and Ms. D'Amico are two veteran science teachers in a well-performing school district. Both teachers use weekly lab exercises and experiments as formative assessments. In their middle school classrooms, children are engaged and eager to learn. As students walk into Mr. Smith's classroom, a prescribed, step-by-step procedure of the day's experiment is found at each lab station. Only 60 feet down the hallway, students in Ms. D'Amico's class arrive to find only the materials for the day's experiment and a lab rubric at each lab table. In this classroom, students are expected to design their own experiment using materials they choose from the lab table. In this article, the author contrasts the traditional approach to science lab activities that Mr. Smith uses with the inquiry-oriented approach Ms. D'Amico uses. He describes in detail the way Ms. D'Amico implements an inquiry-oriented lab in her classroom and illustrates how teachers can prepare students for standardized assessments while still creating meaningful lessons with real-world connections. (Contains 4 figures.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10