The goal of the Inquiry Synthesis Project was to synthesize findings from research
conducted between 1984 and 2002 to address the research question, What is the impact of …

Calls for reforms in the ways we teach science at all levels, and in all disciplines, are wide
spread. The effectiveness of the changes being called for, employment of student-centered …

As students learn biology at different levels of education, their tenacious and inaccurate prior
conceptions pose a challenge to conceptual change. Educators and researchers have …

What do we mean by the word 'context'in education and how does our context influence the
way that we learn? What role can technology play in enhancing learning and what is the …

Decades of research indicate that peer interaction, where individuals discuss or work on a
task collaboratively, may be beneficial for children's and adolescents' learning. Yet, we do …

A dynamic systems model is proposed on the basis of a general developmental mechanism
adopted from the theories of J. Piaget and LS Vygotsky, more particularly a mechanism …

The working model for" helping the learner to learn" presented in this book is relevant to any
teaching context, but the focus here is on teaching in secondary and college science …

The purpose of this study is to investigate how sixth graders develop inquiry skills to
construct explanations in an inquiry‐based learning environment. We designed a series of …

This research evaluates the effects of a scaffolded explanation-based approach to
collaborative discussion on students' understanding of photosynthesis. This approach …

A nonequivalent, control group design was used to investigate student achievement in
secondary chemistry. This study investigated the effect of process‐oriented guided inquiry …