Look at That!: Using Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches to Develop and Enhance the Scientific Inquiry Skill of Observation in Middle School Students

Autor/in	Wagler, Ron
Titel	Look at That!: Using Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches to Develop and Enhance the Scientific Inquiry Skill of Observation in Middle School Students
Quelle	In: Science Scope, 35 (2011) 4, S.58-69 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0887-2376
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Observation; Foreign Countries; Language Acquisition; Science Education; Science Instruction; Science Teachers; Entomology; Science Experiments; Science Activities; Inquiry + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Beobachtung; Ausland; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Entomologie
Abstract	Middle school students can develop and enhance their observation skills by participating in teacher-guided scientific inquiry (NRC 1996) activities where they observe animals that tend to act in known, predictable ways. Madagascar hissing cockroaches ("Gromphadorhina portentosa") are one such animal. This article presents beginning, intermediate, and advanced Madagascar hissing cockroach (MHC) activities that develop and nurture the scientific inquiry skill of observation in middle school students. The author concludes that once this skill has been developed and nurtured, students can be further challenged by conducting observational and experimental studies using statistics. (Contains 10 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10