Journal•ISSN: 0036-8148
Science and Children
National Science Teachers Association
About: Science and Children is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Science education & Primary education. It has an ISSN identifier of 0036-8148. Over the lifetime, 1790 publications have been published receiving 8528 citations.
Topics: Science education, Primary education, Teaching method, Science, technology, society and environment education, Environmental education
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a continuum by which to evaluate an activity's level of inquiry and describe examples of each type of inquiry from low-level structured inquiry to high-level open inquiry.
Abstract: Elementary teachers often struggle with how to design and implement inquiry instruction with their students For many, just understanding what inquiry is can be difficult--let alone designing activities that support high levels of inquiry In this article, the authors present a continuum by which to evaluate an activity's level of inquiry Then, using a fifth-grade unit exploring sinking and floating, they describe examples of each type of inquiry from low-level structured inquiry to high-level open inquiry (Contains 1 figure and lists 1 online resource) (http://wwwnstaorg/publications/browse_journalsaspx?action=issue&thetype=all&id=102505/3/sc08_046_02)
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