NDLI: Learning Biology through Research Papers: A Stimulus for Question-Asking by High-School Students

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Brill, Gilat Yarden, Anat
Editor	Gentile, James
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	Question-asking is a basic skill, required for the development of scientific thinking. However, the way in which science lessons are conducted does not usually stimulate question-asking by students. To make students more familiar with the scientific inquiry process, we developed a curriculum in developmental biology based on research papers suitable for high-school students. Since a scientific paper poses a research question, demonstrates the events that led to the answer, and poses new questions, we attempted to examine the effect of studying through research papers on students' ability to pose questions. Students were asked before, during, and after instruction what they found interesting to know about embryonic development. In addition, we monitored students' questions, which were asked orally during the lessons. Questions were scored according to three categories: properties, comparisons, and causal relationships. We found that before learning through research papers, students tend to ask only questions of the properties category. In contrast, students tend to pose questions that reveal a higher level of thinking and uniqueness during or following instruction with research papers. This change was not observed during or following instruction with a textbook. We suggest that learning through research papers may be one way to provide a stimulus for question-asking by high-school students and results in higher thinking levels and uniqueness.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.02-12-0062
Ending Page	274
Page Count	9
Starting Page	266
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19317913
e-ISSN	15367509
Journal	Cell Biology Education
Volume Number	2
Language	English
Publisher	The American Society for Cell Biology
Publisher Date	2003-12-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	The American Society for Cell Biology
Subject Keyword	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) Education Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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