Correlational studies using large international datasets find negative associations between inquiry-based investigation involvement and science achievement¶

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q2 i? Across years and countries, correlational studies found that the more students were involved in exploration-based investigations, the lower their science performance. → Lin Zhang 2022

Evidence¶

Lin Zhang 2022¶

Lin Zhang, Paul A. Kirschner, William W. Cobern, John Sweller. (2022). There is an Evidence Crisis in Science Educational Policy. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09646-1

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The commentary's review of correlational analyses of TIMSS and PISA data across many countries (USA, Finland, Qatar, Australia, Canada, England, Norway, Taiwan, and multi-country datasets), reporting a consistent negative association. No effect sizes are printed.

"Consistently, these studies across years and countries found that the more students were involved in exploration-based investigations, the lower was their performance"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Previous research found a meaningful correlation between countries' mean engagement and mean performance on large-scale international assessments, motivating validity questions about aggregated scores — related
• Student-led inquiry-based investigation is identified as the least effective instructional element in PISA 2015 analyses — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)