Teaching grade fives to ask investigable questions in science

This study was conducted during the first year of the implementation of the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) in Grade Five in South Africa. It is compulsory for teachers to implement the RNCS in this country. Investigations play a central role in learning in science education, and this study focuses on the Assessment Standard of Learning Outcome 1 in the Natural Sciences Learning Area that relates to children's abilities to ask questions that they can investigate themselves. Children struggle to formulate questions that can be used for investigations, and so they need to be taught how to do this. However, there is a paucity of research literature providing empirical evidence of how to teach children to ask investigable science questions. The aim of this study was to provide empirical data on the use of the teaching strategies suggested in the research literature, that is, to investigate which strategies science teachers use in teaching children how to ask questions that can be used in science investigations.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

School of Education

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Garlick, Robyn

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Laugksch, R C

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8059

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8059