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Shu-Fen Lin; Wan-Chin Shie – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
Teachers lack effective curriculum-based instruments to assess their students' scientific competence that would provide information for modifying their inquiry instruction. The main purpose of this study was to develop and validate a Curriculum-Based Scientific Competence (CBSC) test to assess students' scientific competence in a 1-semester Grade…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Validity, Grade 9, Science Tests
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Dogruer, Sule Sahin; Akyuz, Didem – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2020
This design research investigated the mathematical practices that eight graders (14-year-old students) developed when learning about prisms, cylinders, and their surface areas. An inquiry-based learning environment was created for students to engage in argumentation. The instruction was enriched by use of a dynamic geometry software, namely…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction, Geometric Concepts, Inquiry
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Turner, Ronna C.; Keiffer, Elizabeth A.; Salamo, Gregory J. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
This study provides psychometric data for the Scholastic Inquiry Observation instrument and 6 years of research data from an inquiry-based professional training program. The rating instrument provides a resource for measuring 16 inquiry-related learning activities based on level of inquiry implementation and level of active student engagement.…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Psychometrics, Faculty Development