Guided inquiry was positively associated with science achievement in all 16 PISA 2015 regions where it was applied¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? In an analysis of the 10 highest and 10 lowest performing PISA 2015 regions, guided inquiry was positively associated with science achievement in all 16 regions where it was applied. → de Jong 2023

Evidence¶

de Jong 2023¶

de Jong, T., Lazonder, A. W., Chinn, C. A., Fischer, F., Gobert, J., Hmelo-Silver, C. H., Koedinger, K. R., Krajcik, J. S., Kyza, E. A., Linn, M. C., Pedaste, M., Scheiter, K., & Zacharia, Z. C. (2023). Let's talk evidence – The case for combining inquiry-based and direct instruction. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100536

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The review reports Aditomo and Klieme (2020) analyzed PISA 2015 data from the 10 highest and 10 lowest performing regions (over 150,000 students from over 5000 schools), contrasting independent inquiry with guided inquiry; "guided inquiry was positively associated with science achievement in all 16 regions."

"The results showed that guided inquiry was positively associated with science achievement in all 16 regions where this form of instruction was applied."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The relation between frequency of inquiry activities and science achievement is curvilinear, with the highest gains where inquiry combines with direct teacher-based instruction — related
• Inquiry Based Teaching Improves Science Achievement — a broader claim this one bears on
• Student-led inquiry-based investigation is identified as the least effective instructional element in PISA 2015 analyses — reports the opposite