Quantum Dotting the “i” of Inquiry: A Guided Inquiry Approach to Teaching Nanotechnology

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy A. Laubach ◽  
Lee A. Elizondo ◽  
Patrick J. McCann ◽  
Shahryar Gilani
Author(s):  
Dilek Sultan Acarli ◽  
Sevilay Dervişoğlu

This study examined the effects of inquiry-based biology laboratory applications on pre-service biology teachers’ scientific process skills, attitudes, self-efficacy, and self-confidence in the laboratory. In this context, many related tests and scales were applied to first-year students of biology education (N=25). The research adopted the pre-test and post-test control group model. The results showed that laboratory practices based on both the corroborative and the guided inquiry approach increase the scientific process skills of the prospective teachers. Guided inquiry-based laboratory practices have increased the attitudes of pre-service biology teachers toward laboratory lessons. However, self-efficacy and self-confidence of the pre-service teachers taking part in corroborative laboratory practices increased, while guided inquiry methods did not have a significant effect on self-efficacy and self-confidence. The findings of the study highlighted the importance of a guided inquiry approach in the laboratory applications related training of pre-service biology teachers.


2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Latifah

This is a research development that aim to produce product such as Student’s Worksheet (LKPD) oriented in values of Islam, through guided inquiry approach on the temperature and heat material for students of class X SMA/MA and to know the response of students toward it. The problem in this study include how to develop Student’s Worksheet (LKPD) oriented in values of Islam through guided inquiry approach on the temperature and heat material and the extent to which the response of students toward it.. This is a development research which apply Research and Development (R&D) method. Products produced is categorized as valid by the validation of subject matter experts with a percentage of 85%, subject matter experts to Islam with a score of 89% and design experts with a score of 91%, as well as products LKPD are very interesting based on the assessment of teachers with a percentage of 84%, and the response of students to the test field trials obtain a percentage score of 90%. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan yang bertujuan untuk menghasilkan produk berupa Lembar Kerja Peserta Didik (LKPD) berorientasi nilai-nilai agama Islam melalui pendekatan inkuiri terbimbing pada materi suhu dan kalor untuk peserta didik kelas X SMA/MA dan untuk mengetahui respon peserta didik terhadap produk LKPD berorientasi nilai-nilai agama Islam melalui pendekatan inkuiri terbimbing pada materi suhu dan kalor untuk peserta didik kelas X SMA/MA . Masalah dalam penelitian ini antara lain bagaimanakah mengembangkan LKPD berorientasi nilai-nilai agama Islam melalui pendekatan inkuiri terbimbing pada materi suhu dan kalor dan sejauh manakah respon peserta didik terhadap LKPD berorientasi nilai-nilai agama Islam melalui pendekatan inkuiri terbimbing pada materi suhu dan kalor untuk peserta didik kelas X SMA/MA. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan menggunakan metode penelitian Research and Development (R&D). Produk yang dihasilkan berkategori valid berdasarkan validasi dari ahli materi dengan persentase 85%, ahli materi agama Islam dengan skor 89% dan ahli desain dengan skor 91%, serta produk LKPD sangat menarik berdasarkan penilaian guru memperoleh persentase 84%, dan respon peserta didik pada uji coba lapangan memperoleh skor persentase 90%.


2004 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary L. Leech ◽  
David G. Howell ◽  
Anne E. Egger

2019 ◽  
Vol 1157 ◽  
pp. 022077
Author(s):  
R Widiana ◽  
R Sumarmin ◽  
D Susanti ◽  
S Susanti

Author(s):  
Maria Chuy ◽  
Marlene Scardamalia ◽  
Carl Bereiter ◽  
Fleur Prinsen ◽  
Monica Resendes ◽  
...  

In 1993 Carey and Smith conjectured that the most promising way to boost students’ understanding of the nature of science is a “theory-building approach to teaching about inquiry.” The research reported here tested this conjecture by comparing results from two Grade 4 classrooms that differed in their emphasis on and technological support for creating and improving theories. One class followed a Knowledge Building approach and used Knowledge Forum®, which together emphasize theory improvement and sustained creative work with ideas. The other class followed an inquiry approach mediated through collaborative project-based activities. Apart from this, the two classes were demographically similar and both fell within the broad category of constructivist, inquiry-based approaches and employed a range of modes and media for investigative research and reports. An augmented version of Carey and Smith’s Nature of Science Interview showed that the Knowledge Building approach resulted in deeper understanding of the nature of theoretical progress, the connections between theories and facts, and the role of ideas in scientific inquiry.


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