Investigating teachers' beliefs in the implementation of science inquiry and science fair in three Boston high schools
In previous decades, inquiry has been the focus of science education reform in the United States. This study sought to investigate how teachers beliefs affect their implementation of inquiry science and science fair. It was hypothesized that science teachers beliefs about inquiry science and science...
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| Summary: | In previous decades, inquiry has been the focus of science education reform in the United States. This study sought to investigate how teachers beliefs affect their implementation of inquiry science and science fair. It was hypothesized that science teachers beliefs about inquiry science and science fair are predictive of their implementation of such strategies. A case study approach and semi-structured interviews were employed to collect the data, and an original thematic
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