Laboratory apprenticeship through a student research project

S.M. Ritchie; D.L. Rigano

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199609)33:7<799::AID-TEA6>3.0.CO;2-I

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Laboratory apprenticeship through a student research project

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Laboratory apprenticeship through a student research project

S.M. Ritchie and D.L. Rigano

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Vol.33(7), pp.799-815

1996

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199609)33:7<799::AID-TEA6>3.0.CO;2-I

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Abstract

There has been a long tradition of laboratory activities associated with science instruction. Despite constructivists' claims advocating open-ended inquiry and mentoring, little is known about what students are thinking when engaged in laboratory activities. Laboratory learning as a process of cognitive apprenticeship has been proposed as a metaphor to guide teacher practice and student learning. The viability of cognitive apprenticeship for learning science in school is discussed in relation to findings from an investigation of a research project involving high school students working in a university chemical engineering laboratory under the mentorship of a university-based scientist. Data from a variety of techniques were analyzed in an interpretive style. We found that the students were empowered to seek empirically viable knowledge claims as they became independent researchers. However, we argue that caution needs to be exercised before advocating open-ended inquiry as a general model for laboratory learning without additional studies in different contexts.

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Title: Laboratory apprenticeship through a student research project
Authors/Creators: S.M. Ritchie (Author/Creator) - James Cook University
D.L. Rigano (Author/Creator) - James Cook University
Publication Details: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Vol.33(7), pp.799-815
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Identifiers: 991005542363207891
Copyright: © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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