Separating the research question from the laboratory techniques: Advancing high-school biology teachers' ability to ask research questions

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1296-1320

  Hasson, Eilat ^a   Yarden, Anat ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

learning in the laboratory; procedural knowledge; professional development; question asking

Indexed keywords

LABORATORY COURSE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTION-ASKING; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY;

EDUCATION; LABORATORIES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84869492107     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.21058     Document Type: Article

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