Interviewed ADI students reported engaging in scientific practices such as identifying variables, finding patterns in data, and developing methods, while no comparison-group students did¶
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q2 i? All six interviewed experimental-group students said the experiments helped them identify variables; four reported identifying patterns in data and five reported developing a method to investigate problems; no comparison-group students were coded in this category. → Gülüzar Eymur · Pınar Seda Çetin 2024
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Gülüzar Eymur · Pınar Seda Çetin 2024¶
Gülüzar Eymur · Pınar Seda Çetin (2024). Investigating the role of an inquiry-based science lab on students' scientific literacy. Instructional Science (2024) 52:743–760. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-024-09672-w
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Qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews with six experimental and six comparison students, conducted one week after implementation (Table 10). Interview categories included Scientific Thinking and Doing, Motivation, and Laboratory Environment.
"All the six participants in the experimental group stated that the experiments that they have conducted helped them to identify the variables in the study."
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Interviewed ADI students reported engaging in scientific practices such as identifying variables, finding patterns in data, and developing methods, while no comparison-group students did |
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Interviewed ADI students reported engaging in scientific practices such as identifying variables, finding patterns in data, and developing methods, while no comparison-group students did |
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