TY - JOUR
T1 - Inquiry practices and types of knowledge, with paths of logical associations between inquiry questions, presented as part of an open inquiry process
AU - Snapir, Zohar
AU - Karadi, Galit
AU - Zion, Michal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Royal Society of Biology.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - We examined inquiry practices and types of knowledge presented along with paths of logical associations between inquiry questions as part of an open inquiry process. The study analysed high school biology students’ scientific summaries of open inquiry processes. We found three paths of logical associations between inquiry questions–preliminary to major, major to major and major to theoretical. Planning and design inquiry practices were implemented at similar rates in all paths. Analysis and interpretation practices were highest in the preliminary to major path and application inquiry practices were highest in the major to major path. In the preliminary to major path, procedural, logical, and strategic knowledge was used. Logical and situational knowledge were used in the major to major path, and situational knowledge was used in the major to theoretical path. Our results demonstrated that various inquiry practices and types of knowledge are used at different paths of formulating inquiry questions, specifically those that involve several stages of hands-on activity. Thus, we recommend that high school students should engage in different paths of scientific inquiry processes, specifically those that require them to engage in continuous planning and performing hands-on inquiry activity, to advance inquiry practices and their knowledge base.
AB - We examined inquiry practices and types of knowledge presented along with paths of logical associations between inquiry questions as part of an open inquiry process. The study analysed high school biology students’ scientific summaries of open inquiry processes. We found three paths of logical associations between inquiry questions–preliminary to major, major to major and major to theoretical. Planning and design inquiry practices were implemented at similar rates in all paths. Analysis and interpretation practices were highest in the preliminary to major path and application inquiry practices were highest in the major to major path. In the preliminary to major path, procedural, logical, and strategic knowledge was used. Logical and situational knowledge were used in the major to major path, and situational knowledge was used in the major to theoretical path. Our results demonstrated that various inquiry practices and types of knowledge are used at different paths of formulating inquiry questions, specifically those that involve several stages of hands-on activity. Thus, we recommend that high school students should engage in different paths of scientific inquiry processes, specifically those that require them to engage in continuous planning and performing hands-on inquiry activity, to advance inquiry practices and their knowledge base.
KW - Logical thinking
KW - open inquiry
KW - practices
KW - types of knowledge
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122652089&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00219266.2021.2011769
DO - 10.1080/00219266.2021.2011769
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AN - SCOPUS:85122652089
SN - 0021-9266
VL - 57
SP - 1062
EP - 1082
JO - Journal of Biological Education
JF - Journal of Biological Education
IS - 5
ER -