Explanation‐driven inquiry: Integrating conceptual and epistemic scaffolds for scientific inquiry

Science Education - Tập 88 Số 3 - Trang 345-372 - 2004
William A. Sandoval1, Brian J. Reiser2
1Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521, USA
2School of Education and Social Policy; Northwestern University; Evanston IL 60208 USA

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AbstractScience education reforms consistently maintain the goal that students develop an understanding of the nature of science, including both the nature of scientific knowledge and methods for making it. This paper articulates a framework for scaffolding epistemic aspects of inquiry that can help students understand inquiry processes in relation to the kinds of knowledge such processes can produce. This framework underlies the design of a technology‐supported inquiry curriculum for evolution and natural selection that focuses students on constructing and evaluating scientific explanations for natural phenomena. The design has been refined through cycles of implementation, analysis, and revision that have documented the epistemic practices students engage in during inquiry, indicate ways in which designed tools support students' work, and suggest necessary additional social scaffolds. These findings suggest that epistemic tools can play a unique role in supporting students' inquiry, and a fruitful means for studying students' scientific epistemologies. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Sci Ed 88:345–372, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/.sce10130

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Science Education

Tập 88 Số 3

345-372

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