Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 0 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 3 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
Source
Research in Science Education | 3 |
Author
Nichols, Kim | 3 |
Burgh, Gilbert | 1 |
Gillies, Robyn | 1 |
Gillies, Robyn M. | 1 |
Hedberg, John | 1 |
Kennedy, Callie | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 3 |
Reports - Research | 3 |
Education Level
Elementary Education | 3 |
Grade 6 | 2 |
Intermediate Grades | 2 |
Middle Schools | 2 |
Grade 5 | 1 |
Audience
Location
Australia | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Nichols, Kim; Burgh, Gilbert; Kennedy, Callie – Research in Science Education, 2017
Developing students' skills to pose and respond to questions and actively engage in inquiry behaviours enables students to problem solve and critically engage with learning and society. The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of providing teachers with an intervention in inquiry pedagogy alongside inquiry science curriculum in comparison…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Professional Development, Intervention, Inquiry
Nichols, Kim; Gillies, Robyn; Hedberg, John – Research in Science Education, 2016
This study explored the impact of argumentation-promoting collaborative inquiry and representational work in science on primary students' representational fluency. Two hundred sixty-six year 6 students received instruction on natural disasters with a focus on collaborative inquiry. Students in the Comparison condition received only this…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Science Education, Science Instruction, Inquiry
Gillies, Robyn M.; Nichols, Kim – Research in Science Education, 2015
Many primary teachers face challenges in teaching inquiry science, often because they believe that they do not have the content knowledge or pedagogical skills to do so. This is a concern given the emphasis attached to teaching science through inquiry where students do not simply learn about science but also do science. This study reports on the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Science, Pedagogical Content Knowledge