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Finding out how they find it out: an empirical analysis of inquiry learners' need for support
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Abstract Inquiry learning environments increasingly incorporate modelling facilities for students to articulate their research hypotheses and (acquired) domain knowledge. This study compared performance success and scientific reasoning of university students with high prior knowledge (n=11), students from se... view more
Inquiry learning environments increasingly incorporate modelling facilities for students to articulate their research hypotheses and (acquired) domain knowledge. This study compared performance success and scientific reasoning of university students with high prior knowledge (n=11), students from senior high-school (n=10), and junior high-school (n=10) with intermediate and low prior knowledge respectively, in order to reveal domain novice's need for support in such environments. Results indicated that the scientific reasoning of both groups of high-school students was comparable to that of the experts. As high-school students achieved significantly lower performance success scores, their expert-like behaviour was rather ineffective; qualitative analyses substantiated this conclusion. Based on these findings, implications for supporting domain novices in inquiry learning environments are advanced.... view less
Classification
Curriculum, Teaching, Didactics
Method
empirical
Free Keywords
Inquiry learning; Model-based learning; Prior knowledge; Scientific reasoning
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
37 p.
Journal
International Journal of Science Education (2009)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690903289993
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)