How effective was the use of small-scale enquiry in teaching science?
• What were the gender differences in the effectiveness of enquiry-based teaching? • What is enquiry-based teaching and how it was used? • How was the research carried out? • What are the implications? • Where can I find out more? Send us your feedback Collated digests To find out more about collated digests click here Get Word Reader The impact of enquiry-based science teaching on students’ attitudes and achievement This digest found in Science Thinking skills • Send to a friend • Word doc 60KB • Printer friendly • Collate for later How effective was the use of small-scale enquiry in teaching science? The most significant impact of enquiry-based teaching was on student cohesiveness: the students worked closely together, offering advice and suggestions. Improvements were also noted in terms of student engagement, task orientation and cooperation. The achievement (science tests results) of the students from enquiry groups was slightly better than that of their peers from non-enquiry gro
