NOT Another Lab Report

Autor/in	Ende, Fred
Titel	NOT Another Lab Report
Quelle	In: Science Scope, 35 (2012) 5, S.44-50 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0887-2376
Schlagwörter	Ecology; Scientific Literacy; Science Education; Science Laboratories; Thinking Skills; Data Collection; Inquiry; Research Reports; Critical Thinking; Science Instruction; Student Attitudes; Animal Behavior; Grade 8; Middle School Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ökologie; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Denkfähigkeit; Data capture; Datensammlung; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Kritisches Denken; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Schülerverhalten; Tierverhalten; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	Ask students to name the aspects of science class they enjoy most, and working on labs will undoubtedly be mentioned. What often won't be included, however, is writing lab reports. For many students, the process of exploration and data collection is paramount, while the explanation and analysis of findings often takes a backseat. After all, if they can "do," why "explain"? Yet teachers recognize the importance of having students express their thoughts in writing within the content area, and research agrees. To encourage critical thinking and improve scientific literacy, the author created an open-inquiry lab experience that students work on three to four times a year based on major content shifts that students explore (ecology, physics, chemistry). (Contains 2 figures and 1 resource.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10