ERIC Number: EJ1404634
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9266
EISSN: EISSN-2157-6009
Inquiry Practices and Types of Knowledge, with Paths of Logical Associations between Inquiry Questions, Presented as Part of an Open Inquiry Process
Zohar Snapir; Galit Karadi; Michal Zion
Journal of Biological Education, v57 n5 p1062-1082 2023
We examined inquiry practices and types of knowledge presented along with paths of logical associations between inquiry questions as part of an open inquiry process. The study analysed high school biology students' scientific summaries of open inquiry processes. We found three paths of logical associations between inquiry questions -- preliminary to major, major to major and major to theoretical. Planning and design inquiry practices were implemented at similar rates in all paths. Analysis and interpretation practices were highest in the preliminary to major path and application inquiry practices were highest in the major to major path. In the preliminary to major path, procedural, logical, and strategic knowledge was used. Logical and situational knowledge were used in the major to major path, and situational knowledge was used in the major to theoretical path. Our results demonstrated that various inquiry practices and types of knowledge are used at different paths of formulating inquiry questions, specifically those that involve several stages of hands-on activity. Thus, we recommend that high school students should engage in different paths of scientific inquiry processes, specifically those that require them to engage in continuous planning and performing hands-on inquiry activity, to advance inquiry practices and their knowledge base.
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Hands on Science, Logical Thinking, Questioning Techniques, Correlation, High School Students, Scientific Research, Science Process Skills, Biology, Science Tests, Knowledge Level, Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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