Effect of a Science Camp on the Children’s Views of Tentative Nature of Science

dc.creator	Duygu Metin
dc.creator	Gulsen Leblebicioglu
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:18:38Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:18:38Z
dc.identifier	10.5296/jse.v2i1.1348
dc.identifier	2162-6952
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9b494312cfdc417ca06bac4fac3baaab
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27061
dc.description	<p>This study explored the effectiveness of a science camp on children’s views of the tentative nature of scientific knowledge. The method used to do so was a synthesized methodology of explicit reflective guided-inquiry, and several explicit Nature of Science (NOS) activities. The participants were 24 children who were at the 6<sup>th</sup> and 7<sup>th</sup> grades. VNOS D questionnaire (Lederman &amp; Khishfe, 2002) was applied at the beginning and end of the science camp. All of the children were also interviewed in order to validate the questionnaire and enrich the data. The qualitative data were analyzed by using interpretive analysis. The results showed that more children accepted the tentativeness of scientific knowledge at the end of the camp. The children’s ideas about tentativeness of scientific knowledge in dinosaurs and meteorology domains were largely affected by the context of the questions especially at the beginning of the science camp.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Macrothink Institute
dc.relation	http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jse/article/view/1348
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2162-6952
dc.source	Journal of Studies in Education, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 164-183 (2011)
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	Effect of a Science Camp on the Children’s Views of Tentative Nature of Science
dc.type	article