Uncookbooking Science: Building Understanding Through StudentDriven Inquiry

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Uncookbooking Science Building Understanding
Through Student-Driven Inquiry

• Roy Boyle
• TEAMS Institute 2008

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THE ACTIVITIES
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Traditional Science

• Purpose
• Procedure
• Data
• Analysis
• Conclusion

Follow the recipe and you get the correct answer.
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Not that there is anything wrong with that, but..
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Is this scientific inquiry?
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Hmmm..
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Scientific Inquiry Defined

• inquiry is an active learning process in which
  students answer research questions through data
  analysis.
• Bell, R., Smetana, L., Binns, Ian (2005).
  Simplifying inquiry instruction. Assessing the
  inquiry level of classroom activities. The
  Science Teacher.

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Messing With the Recipe
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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• Learners engage in scientifically oriented
  QUESTIONS.

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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• 2. Learners give priority to EVIDENCE in
  responding to questions.
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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• 3. Learners DRAW CONCLUSIONS or FORMULATE
  EXPLANATIONS from the evidence.

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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• 4. Learners CONNECT and EVALUATE explanations
  with scientific knowledge.

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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• 5. Learners COMMUNICATE and JUSTIFY their
  proposed explanations.

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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• NOTE
• Compiling evidence from past experiences and
  scientific investigations
• Scientists do
• Classroom scientists dont always do this

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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• 1. Learners engage in scientifically oriented
  QUESTIONS.
• 2. Learners give priority to EVIDENCE in
  responding to questions.
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• 3. Learners DRAW CONCLUSIONS or FORMULATE
  EXPLANATIONS from the evidence.
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• 4. Learners CONNECT and EVALUATE explanations
  with scientific knowledge.
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• 5. Learners COMMUNICATE and JUSTIFY their
  proposed explanations.

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Classroom Inquiry
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Building Scientific Inquiry
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Inquiry Resources

• Doing Science The Process of Scientific Inquiry
• http//science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih6/
  Inquiry/guide/info_process-b.htm
• Concept to Classroom Inquiry-Based Learning
• http//www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inq
  uiry/