The Indiana Academic Standards for Science and the Next Generation Science Standards emphasize inquiry as a prominent instructional method and a defining characteristic of science. This workshop ...

Teachers can support inquiry-based learning by using direct instruction to provide students with the tools they need to ...

Do the newly released results from the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) throw cold water on project-based learning? The results, issued this week, examined instructional ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science. (1998). Blueprints for Science Literacy. New York: Oxford University Press. American Association for the Advancement of Science. (1989). Science ...

Introducing math and science through inquiry and problem-based instruction can pay off throughout elementary school, according to a massive international series of studies. Education economists Emma ...

A new study shows that eighth-grade science teachers without an educational background in science are less likely to practice inquiry-oriented science instruction, a pedagogical approach that develops ...

Description: The purpose of this study is to understand how well students have learned the scientific method (i.e., data generation, hypothesis formulation) through the use of a series of iClickers ...

Educators need evidence drawn from research to help them implement and justify inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning science. Many science teachers, for example, question why they should ...