How Teachers Respond to Children's Inquiry

Autor/inn/en	Engel, Susan; Randall, Kellie
Titel	How Teachers Respond to Children's Inquiry
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 46 (2009) 1, S.183-202 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831208323274
Schlagwörter	Learning Activities; Worksheets; Personality Traits; Inquiry; Science Activities; Science Education; Teaching Styles; Statistical Analysis; Learning Strategies; Student Behavior; Teachers; Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernaktivität; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Lehrstil; Unterrichtsstil; Statistische Analyse; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	This study examined how teachers respond when children engage in inquiry-based deviations from a planned task. Thirty-one teachers each completed a brief science activity and accompanying worksheet with a student confederate. Teachers were given one of two goals for the study: help the students complete a worksheet or help the students learn more about science. The instructions had a significant effect on the teachers' responses to students' deviations. Teachers in the worksheet condition tended to discourage deviation and draw the students back to the task at hand, whereas teachers in the learn more condition were more likely to encourage and expand on the deviation. Apart from their responses to students' deviations, nearly all teachers were classified as encouraging, suggesting that an articulated goal for the activity has a particular effect on the response to deviations. Implications for the role of teachers in the development of children's curiosity are considered. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10