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Derginin Adı:
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International Journal of Environmental and Science Education
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Cilt:
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2012/7
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Sayı:
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4
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Makale Başlık:
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Inquiry based teaching in Turkey: A content analysis of research reports
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Makale Alternatif Dilde Başlık:
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Makale Eklenme Tarihi:
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4.02.2015
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Okunma Sayısı:
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2
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Makale Özeti:
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Inquiry-based learning [IBL] enhances students’ critical thinking abilities and help students
to act as a scientist through using scientific method while learning. Specifically, inquiry as a
teaching approach has been defined in many ways, the most important one is referred to nature
of constructing knowledge while the individuals possess a question about natural
worlds and explore the answers for the questions. The aim of this content analysis study
was to analyze research related to inquiry based teaching through published research reports
in the form of full papers and theses by Turkish researchers. For these purpose national and
international journals and data bases were searched and totally 40 studies including 23 papers
and 17 theses published in the last ten years were analyzed in terms of methodological
approaches used and the subjects studied. Each paper and theses selected for analysis is
subjected to a content analysis by using “Paper Classification Form [PCF]” developed by
the researchers. The results indicated that studies focused on teaching are most frequent
with 77.5%. Regarding the research methods, quantitative approaches were the most common
with 72.5 % and 62.5% quasi-experimental research method used widely. Commonly
used data collection tools were achievement, aptitude, attitude, perception and personality
tests together with alternative assessment tests. Most widely studied samples were selected
from the primary level in national papers while undergraduates were most commonly studied
groups in the international studies. The findings of this study indicated that inquiry
based teaching is a new research area in Turkey and mostly practiced in science and technology
education at primary level. This study may help researchers in other areas realizing
practicability of inquiry in teaching and apply it into their disciplines.
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