Experimentsupported Worked-Examples as a Basis to Foster Scientific Inquiry

• In Event: 60.026 - Learning Through Disciplinary Practices of Science

Abstract

Scientific inquiry is an important part in international science education standards for secondary schools. As many schools add extra learning times to their lesson plans, there is a need for materials which allow individual learning.
This study’s aim is to develop teaching materials composed of worked examples and prompts, because they allow for individual learning. It is investigated to which extent worked examples with integrated experiments with or without prompts foster learning in scientific inquiry. Experimental problem solving tasks are administered allowing for comparison. Teaching units were developed and administered over a period of eight weeks with 11- to 12-year-olds in secondary schools. The present findings show that two of the teaching units can foster learning efficiently.

Authors

• Jenna Koenen, Humboldt University - Berlin

• Markus Emden, PH Schwaebisch Gmuend

• Elke Sumfleth, University Duisburg - Essen