The Influence of Learner Characteristics on Conducting Scientific Inquiry Within Microworlds
Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In this study, we address whether learner characteristics can provide data to inform adaptive scaffolding of scientific inquiry skills in our learning environment, Science Assistments.We found that academic efficacy positively predicted students' skills at generating hypotheses; another subscale, skeptical of school relevance, negatively predicted students' skills at conducting controlled experiments, specifically controlling for variables strategies (CVS).
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Science Foundation
Awards: PIMSE: A GK-12 Partnership Implementing Mathematics and Science Education (PIMSE): Assisting Middle School Use of Tutoring Technology in the Classroom, ASSISTments Meets Inquiry, Empirical Research: Emerging Research: Using Automated Detectors to Examine the Relationships Between Learner Attributes and Behaviors During Inquiry in Science Microworlds
OpenAlex ID: W2572435279