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WISE (Web-based Inquiry Science Environment)

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Description

WISE is a web-based science-inquiry authoring and learning platform developed by the University of California, Berkeley, providing teacher tools for creating, managing, and assessing inquiry projects and student tools for structured collaborative investigation.

Components

  • WISE (Web-based Inquiry Science Environment) platform for designing and implementing science inquiry activities: WISE is an online platform from the University of California at Berkeley developed along the lines of the knowledge integration approach. It "provides a teacher's portal, including possibilities for classroom management, student assessment, and creating or editing curriculum projects" and a student interface with an inquiry map structuring activities in steps. It supports inquiry steps such as exploring a simulation, brainstorming, constructing an argument, and reflection and self-assessments. Students work in pairs and all teamwork is stored in a database accessible to teachers and researchers for assessment. The authors used the WISE authoring environment to create a new global climate change curriculum project codesigned with science teachers and technology specialists. (Annelies Raes et al. (2013))
  • WISE (Web-based Inquiry Science Environment) used to deliver a macro-scripted history inquiry in teacher education: WISE is an online platform for designing, developing, and implementing inquiry-based learning, described as well received by research and practitioner communities. In this study its navigation panel guided students through nine key inquiry activities, from studying historical context to writing a conclusion, with grayed-out buttons preventing access to an activity before completing previous ones. Students entered and stored notes alongside content for each step. (Voet et al. (2018))

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Key Sources

  • Annelies Raes, Tammy Schellens, and Bram De Wever. (2013). Web-based Collaborative Inquiry to Bridge Gaps in Secondary Science Education. Journal of the Learning Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2013.836656
  • Voet, M. & De Wever, B. (2018). Effects of immersion in inquiry-based learning on student teachers' educational beliefs. Instructional Science, 46(3), 383-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-017-9439-8
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title WISE (Web-based Inquiry Science Environment)
description WISE is a web-based science-inquiry authoring and learning platform developed by the University of California, Berkeley, providing teacher tools for creating, managing, and assessing inquiry projects and student tools for structured collaborative investigation.
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