Teaching about Nature of Science through Short Lab Activities in Hong Kong Classroom

Autor/in	Lau, Kwok-chi
Titel	Teaching about Nature of Science through Short Lab Activities in Hong Kong Classroom
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 18 (2017) 2, Artikel 7 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1609-4913
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Science Laboratories; Scientific Principles; Teaching Methods; Student Attitudes; Pretests Posttests; Paleontology; Comparative Analysis; Transfer of Training; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Females; Single Sex Schools; Quasiexperimental Design; Statistical Analysis; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten; Paläontologie; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Weibliches Geschlecht; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Statistische Analyse; Hongkong
Abstract	The study evaluated the effectiveness of using short, school lab investigations to teach about the nature of science (NOS). A manipulated lab inquiry approach was used, which modified the investigations in ways that students were compelled to experience certain NOS aspects. An investigation about apple browning was used to teach about the underdetermination of scientific theory, and the outcomes were compared with the teaching using the case of dinosaur extinction. Pre-test and post-test were used to assess grade eight students' views in the contexts of the apple browning investigations and the case of dinosaur extinction. Both the apple browning investigation and the case of dinosaur extinction were found effective in enhancing students' views on underdetermination, but the apple browning investigation can produce greater transfer of learning across contexts. The significance of this approach to NOS teaching for East Asian regions was discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01