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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2014.35.2.147

Exploring Changes in Elementary Science Class Using Student-Oriented Group Inquiry with Science Writing  

Shin, Myeong-Kyeong (Department of Science Education, Gyeongin National University of Education)
Kim, Jong-Young (Incheon Unseo Elementary School)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.35, no.2, 2014 , pp. 147-158 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore changes of elementary science class in student oriented group inquiry activities using a Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) template that enhance scaffolding of inquiry. The changes focused on students' written reports and perceptions of their learning environment as well as discourse patterns. One fourth-grade class of 29 students participated in this study, and a developed work sheet of science writing was utilized to scaffold student's inquiry activities. Four units in the first-semester text book for fourth grade of the-, 2007 Educational Curriculum Revision were chosen for scaffolding inquiry, and sixteen lessons of instruction were all videotaped. For investigating students' written reports, a framework based on the aspects of science inquiry by Millar (2010) was used to evaluate the coherence between student inquiry activities and their claims. Secondly, a regular fourth-grade class was selected as the control group and was compared with the experiment group using the pre- and post-test of the survey on the perception of science class and science. Lastly, students' discourse patterns of the beginning science lesson were compared with those of the closing lesson. We found that the coherence in the last class increased significantly in students' written reports compared to the first one. Findings also indicated that students' perceptions on their learning environment moved toward student-centered. Based on our discourse patterns analysis, the last class was more student-centered from being teacher-centered than the first one.
Keywords
science writing; student oriented group inquiry; scaffolding;
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