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Edutopia: The Five Features of Science Inquiry: How Do You Know? ArticleEdutopia: The Five Features of Science Inquiry: How Do You Know? Article
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9th - 10th
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Edutopia: The Five Features of Science Inquiry: How Do You Know?

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Teaching science through science inquiry is the cornerstone of good teaching. Teaching science through science inquiry is the cornerstone of good teaching. Unfortunately, an inquiry-approach to teaching science is not the norm in schools as "many teachers are still striving to build a shared understanding of what science as inquiry means, and at a more practical level, what it looks like in the classroom (Keeley, 2008)." A good starting point for understanding what science inquiry "means" is to focus on the definition provided by the National Research Council.

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stem

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science inquiry, teaching science, stem education

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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