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Author Note
Michael D. Van Kerkhove is a Masters student in the Classroom Technology program at Bowling Green
State University. He is completing this paper as part of his Masters-Level Research course.
Correspondence concerning this proposal should be addressed to Michael D. Van Kerkhove, Classroom
Technology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43430. Contact: mdvanke@bgsu.edu
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concepts by relating the results, background information, what's happening during the experiment itself etc. to
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Literature Review
Introduction
Science instruction is very important to our students and the teachers need to be using the best
method to help our students think critically and learn these concepts that can be difficult sometimes. There are
many science instructional concepts. The old ways of teching science like looking up words in a glossary just
do not work any more. Some teachers are now using techniques such as peer learning, role-playing, and
incorporating current events in science lesson plans. These techniques help engage students and help them
understand the importance of science. They also make it fun to teach scientific concepts and help students
understand common topics in the scientific world. (Stanford, G. (n.d.)
Today there is a huge job market growing in the STEM fields yet not many students take advantage of
STEM classes in schools. We also know that only 16 percent of American high school seniors are proficient in
math and interested in a STEM career. (U.S. Department of Education) This needs to be emphasized and
students need to be engaged and taught well so more students will want to go into this field.
The use of big data, instruction through mobile devices, online learning (including MOOCs), and virtual and
remote laboratories that emulate real ones are the technologies that will have the greatest impact on "STEM+" education
over the next year. (Schaffhauser, D. 2013) Using technology in science as well can help students grasp
concepts easier but also help keep students engaged and wanting to explore in the sciences.
National Research Council (2000) published a classroom in which students use scientific
inquiry to learn is one that resembles those that research has found as being the most effective for
learning for understanding (p. 124). Science needs to be engaging where students can explore,
questions can be explained, students can expand their knowledge and as a class they can evaluate their
understanding of science and the teacher can determine where they can move onto next. Science
teaching reform is upon us and it is up to the next generation of science teachers to make sure the best
methods of teaching science are moved to help with the future generations.
Methodology
Design
The design for this study is a practical action research because the researcher wants to examine if
students learn science concepts better with inquiry based labs, movies, direct instruction, or a mix to help
improve the teaching methods of science teachers. . I used a Weak Experimental Pre-Post Design to collect data
during the teaching of a lesson where 3 classes each received a different type of instruction to see which class
did the best on the post compared to the pretest.
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