Inquiry into primary pupils' science projects: Implication for design of inquiry learning

dc.creator	Winnie Wing-Mui SO
dc.date	2006-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:10:50Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:10:50Z
dc.identifier	1609-4913
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/e2cbdeefad0a43559d5cd2d9126f1cbf
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/13947
dc.description	This research mainly analyzes inquiry learning of a group of Hong Kong primary pupils through science projects. Research targets were sixteen outstanding teams of a large scale inter-school science project exhibition in 2003 (The 6th Primary Science Project Competition). Through pupils' written project reports and oral presentations, the research attempted to explore the ideas eliciting the inquiry, the ways pupils designed the inquiry activities, the investigations conducted, the interpretation of data, the scientific explanation made, the science understanding, the application of science in daily life and the self reflection of work when pupils engaged in inquiry science projects. Pupils' reflections of the process of inquiry learning were also analyzed. It is hoped that the analysis would provide practical examples and implication for designing inquiry science learning. The analysis of pupils' project showed that pupils had different ideas for scientific exploration, they also posed questions and hypothesis in designing the investigations. They controlled variables for comparison, collected, organized and analyzed the information. This helped them construct science understanding and apply science in daily life which is a valuable outcome of inquiry science learning. Finally, a framework of an inquiry science model was constructed for reference.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Chinese
dc.publisher	Hong Kong Institute of Education
dc.relation	http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v7_issue1/sowm/abstract.htm
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1609-4913
dc.source	Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Vol 7, Iss 1, p 3 (2006)
dc.subject	Science projects
dc.subject	Inquiry learning
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Inquiry into primary pupils' science projects: Implication for design of inquiry learning
dc.type	article