Using demonstrations to stimulate inquiry and students' thinking

Authors

  • Peter E. Childs

Abstract

This article describes how demonstrations can be used to stimulate inquiry and initiate the process of inquiry-based science education. This means doing demonstrations not just for fun or to illustrate some topic, but to catch students attention, and engage them in the inquiry process by asking questions and suggesting solutions. Some examples of such an approach are given using a selection of science demonstrations, used in a lecture in Barcelona in November 2013. The article focuses on the engagement phase of the 5E enquiry model, which is being development in the TEMI project, a new FPY IBSE project.

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Published

2016-01-26

Issue

No. 19 (2014)

Section

Intercanvi

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