Study on the teaching method of experimental plan oriented to encouraging cognitive activities

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K17395
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: Oshima Ryugo 千葉大学, 教育学部, 助教 (40700414)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 実験計画 / 認知的活動 / 妥当性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to find out some points to develop the teaching method of experimental plan oriented to encouraging cognitive activities with international researchers. It was intended to make suggestions on the way to encourage student's active learning.
A problem in science education all over the world is 'recipe approach' to overcome. Teachers plan all of the details of an experiment and students just follow the procedures provided by the teacher. Teachers are afraid of giving an autonomy to students about deciding experimental method. We did some written questionnaire surveys and analyzed the results. We believe the findings can be used to develop the teaching method to overcome 'recipe approach'.

Free Research Field

理科教育学