Inquiry is central in science education and therefore also in pre-service teacher (PST)
education. In this systematic review of 142 empirical articles, we examine research on …

Inquiry-based education receives much attention in educational practice and theory, since it
provides pupils and teachers with opportunities to actively engage in collaboratively …

This article reports an investigation of a professional development program to enhance
elementary teachers' ability to engage their students in argument from evidence in science …

This study addresses how to help elementary science teachers explore the uncertainty
inherent in scientific activity and support elementary students to engage in more complex …

As a hallmark of authentic science practices, students need to enact epistemic agency to
shape/reshape the key aspects of their inquiry work as a collaborative community. This study …

Inquiry-based teaching and learning are rooted in social constructivism and are central to
curricular reform. Role theory and social constructivism provided insight into a commonly …

The purpose of this case study was to examine a beginning elementary teacher's
development of identity for science teaching from her first year at university, her field …

Questioning is a central practice in science classrooms. However, not every question
translates into a “good” science investigation. Questions that drive science investigations …

For students to attain deep understanding of scientific practices, they will need to have
opportunities to participate in sustained engagement in doing science. Such opportunities …

Previous research suggests that elementary teachers vary in their enactment of science
curriculum materials and may not always engage students in substantive sense making …