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Cottingham, Susan M.

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An initial needs assessment of science inquiry curriculum practices at a local level.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	An initial needs assessment of science inquiry curriculum practices at a local level./
Author:	Cottingham, Susan M.
Description:	208 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-06, Section: A, page: 1999.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-06A.
Subject:	Education, Middle School. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3407852
ISBN:	9781124032405

An initial needs assessment of science inquiry curriculum practices at a local level.
Cottingham, Susan M.

An initial needs assessment of science inquiry curriculum practices at a local level. - 208 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-06, Section: A, page: 1999.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Walden University, 2010.

Frequently, students learn in science classes taught like traditional reading courses in which reading texts and answering questions is the main activity. The problem at one southern middle school is that students are not developing an understanding of science concepts and are doing poorly on standardized testing. Students are seldom given the opportunity model scientific inquiry methods that promote experiential learning in the classroom. The purpose of this project was to create a curriculum for inquiry science (IS) instruction at the seventh-grade level to increase student understanding of science concepts after conducting an initial needs assessment to guide deploying the intervention. Research guiding the IS movement at the national level suggests that many teachers use only the textbook and students do not apply what they have learned. Factors affecting this problem include a lack of integrated curricula for IS learning and teacher understanding and confidence in IS skills. A constructivist view of student learning served as the conceptual framework. The needs analysis for the project questioned if teachers were willing to adopt the IS method and prepared to conduct it through a quantitative survey research design. Results indicated that all teachers supported the IS approach, however it was infrequently used in instruction and only two of five teachers were somewhat comfortable with their IS skills. The local IS project draws from empirically tested elements to develop an integrated IS curricula aligned to the state science criterion. The curricula will be supported through a concurrently deployed professional learning community to support teacher professional development and confidence. This project can positively impact social change by increasing science related academic performance, and ultimately, interest in careers in science among middle school students.

ISBN: 9781124032405Subjects--Topical Terms:

1030813
Education, Middle School.

An initial needs assessment of science inquiry curriculum practices at a local level.
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