Conducting guided inquiry in science classes using authentic, archived, web-based data

Computers and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1571-1582

  Ucar, Sedat ^a   Trundle, Kathy Cabe ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Improving classroom teaching; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE METHODS; CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY SCIENCE; GUIDED INQUIRY; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; INQUIRY-BASED INSTRUCTION; INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS; ONE-WAY ANOVA; ONLINE DATA; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; REAL-TIME DATA; RESEARCH DESIGNS; SCIENCE CLASSROOM; SCIENTIFIC CONTENT; SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES; TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION; TREATMENT GROUP;

PERSONNEL TRAINING; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TEACHING; TIDES; USER INTERFACES;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 79953091941     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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