Date of Award
1994
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Bachelor of Education Honours
Faculty
Faculty of Education
First Supervisor
Dr Dennis Goodrum
Abstract
Laboratory formats can range from 'recipe' type activities, in which students just verify concepts, to 'open' inquiry activities, in which students design and carry out their own experiments. There is much support in the literature for the use of 'open' inquiry formats. By way of a questionnaire secondary science teachers, sent to a sample of lower this study investigated the proportions of the different that are currently being used in laboratory formats lower secondary science in Perth schools. The study found that most of the formats used required students to follow set procedures to verify or determine a concept. Few 'open' inquiry activities were used which required the students to design and carry out their own experiments. The thesis also reports the teachers' perceived benefits and difficulties of using 'open' inquiry activities.
Recommended Citation
Bryce, H. A. (1994). Openness of inquiry of laboratory formats currently used in lower secondary Science. Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/620