Developing the test of inquiry skills: measuring the level of inquiry skills among pupils in Slovakia

Šmida, Dominik; Čipková, Elena; Fuchs, Michael

doi:10.1080/09500693.2023.2219811

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“…In general, students need to gain direct experience in formulating research questions (Baur & Emden, 2021;Zhu, 2015), so a literature review should be conducted to guide them in correctly formulating research questions. In the previous study, the level of student skill acquisition in composing questions was relatively low (Chin & Osborne, 2008;Šmida et al, 2023), even though defining a research problem is the initial stage that should be conducted in the investigation process (Pedaste et al, 2015;Svanes & Andersson-Bakken, 2023). The alternative inquiry design can encourage students to answer central questions about bread-baking yeast using several microbial analysis techniques.…”

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Teaching microbial analysis techniques for the characterisation of baker's yeast through the inquiry-based laboratory

Saefi,

Adi,

Rahmasiwi

et al. 2023

JPBI

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Laboratory course activities often focus on "cookbook style," so their activities have not yet integrated with scientific thinking as an essential aspect. In this research, the laboratory experience of microbial analysis techniques was redesigned using alternative inquiry to involve students in isolating and characterising yeast to make the bread rise. This research aimed to determine the effect of implementing inquiry-based laboratory experiences on improving students' technical skills and the structure and characteristics of laboratory courses. The method used a single case study to obtain a complete picture regarding implementing laboratory course redesign. Laboratory experience activities consisted of pre-laboratory (reinforcement of theory) and investigation (preparation of methods, laboratory investigation activities, data analysis and presentation, and writing written reports). Overall, our results suggest that inquiry-based laboratory experiences can improve students' microbial analysis technique skills in strong collaboration. In addition, students considered several benefits from this learning, such as developing designs and conducting laboratory investigations close to the original context. With these results, educators can use the redesign of this laboratory course without applying full "course-based undergraduate research experiences" to students.

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confidence: 98%

Teaching microbial analysis techniques for the characterisation of baker's yeast through the inquiry-based laboratory

Saefi,

Adi,

Rahmasiwi

et al. 2023

JPBI

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Validation of an instrument for assessing basic science process skills in initial elementary teacher education

García–Carmona

Muñoz-Franco

García-Legaz

et al. 2023

International Journal of Science Education

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Basic science process skills (SPSs) constitute a key dimension of the scientific competence that should be developed from an early age. Therefore, preservice elementary teachers (PETs) who are preparing to teach science should have a sufficient mastery about it. This study presents a questionnaire that allows gradual levels of performance in SPSs to be established, in particular with regard to formulating questions and hypotheses, identifying variables, measurement, planning an inquiry, and interpreting data. The questionnaire was validated in three phases -the first during its design, with the external collaboration of a panel of experts, the second by piloting of a draft versions of the questionnaire on a small sample of PETs, and the third by applying the questionnaire to a sample of 435 PETs. Analysis of the collected data indicated that these were acceptably reliable, and the content and construct validity of the questionnaire was also verified. They also revealed the PETs' generally deficient levels of SPSs. This was especially so regarding identifying suitable questions for school inquiry, understanding precision in measurement, and interpreting data in a table. There was further support for the validity of the questionnaire and the reliability of the outcomes in that it corroborated other results in the literature on the subject that were obtained with different tools and methods.

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Developing the test of inquiry skills: measuring the level of inquiry skills among pupils in Slovakia

Cited by 2 publications

References 106 publications

Teaching microbial analysis techniques for the characterisation of baker's yeast through the inquiry-based laboratory

Teaching microbial analysis techniques for the characterisation of baker's yeast through the inquiry-based laboratory

Validation of an instrument for assessing basic science process skills in initial elementary teacher education

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