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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2017.38.3.222

Exploring a Learning Progression for Integrated Process Skills in Earth Science Inquiry  

Lee, Kiyoung (Division of Science Education, Kangwon National University)
Park, Jaeyong (Division of Science Education, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.38, no.3, 2017 , pp. 222-238 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore a learning progression for integrated process skills in Earth science inquiry. For the purpose, a hypothetical learning progression (HLP) that capture how students' integrated process skills of science become sophisticated over time is developed through the literature review. This learning progression contains four components of the integrated process skills of science: designing inquiry, collecting data, analyzing data, and forming conclusion. Three hypothetico-deductive inquiry tasks of Earth science that start from recognition of the given problem to the forming conclusion are developed in order to document students' integrated process skills. A total of 126 students from middle, high, college level students participated in this study. After conducting the Earth science inquiry tasks, the integrated process skills of individual students are assessed by element based on HLP. In addition, the validation process for HLP was administered by applying the Rasch model using the students' assessment data. Finally, based on the analyzed data, the empirical learning progression (ELP) is developed by revising and supplementing the HLP. This study can help to find scaffolding methods to effectively improve the students' integrated process skills in Earth science inquiry class by identifying the factors that affect students' development of integrated process skills. It also provide implications for improving teachers' PCK of Earth science inquiry instruction.
Keywords
Learning progression; integrated process skills; guided inquiry; Rasch model;
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