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Teachers' Implementation Of Inquiry In Elementary Science Education, Maria De Freece Lawrence
Teachers' Implementation Of Inquiry In Elementary Science Education, Maria De Freece Lawrence
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This research was an exploratory study of elementary school science education as implemented by five exemplary teachers in grades one through five, situated in four school districts of a Rhode Island Local Systemic Change initiative. This study sought to characterize the presence of inquiry-based teaching consistent with the tenets of constructivism and scientific inquiry as expressed in the book Inquiry and the National Science Foundation Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning (National Research Council, 2000)