A Study on Methods of Teaching Science to Foster Critical Thinking Skills in Elementary School Students

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  • 小学生の批判的思考を育成するための理科学習指導に関する研究
  • 小学生の批判的思考を育成するための理科学習指導に関する研究 : クエスチョン・バーガーシートを用いた実践を例にして
  • ショウガクセイ ノ ヒハンテキ シコウ オ イクセイ スル タメ ノ リカ ガクシュウ シドウ ニ カンスル ケンキュウ : クエスチョン ・ バーガーシート オ モチイタ ジッセン オ レイ ニ シテ
  • —An Example Utilizing the “Question Burger Sheet”—
  • ―クエスチョン・バーガーシートを用いた実践を例にして―

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This study intended to devise a method of teaching science to foster critical thinking skills in elementary school students and to verify the effect of this method through teaching practice. In order to achieve this, a method of teaching was devised whereby children are first encouraged to critically think about the ideas and thoughts of others and then encouraged to create their own ideas and thoughts based on this thinking experience. A “Question Burger Sheet” was also devised as a tool for embodying this teaching. Then, a lesson about the rules of the pendulum was taught to a class of 62 fifth-grade elementary school students in order to verify the effect of the teaching method.<BR>The results clearly indicated that the devised teaching method contributed to fostering critical thinking skills, whereby the children reflect on the experimental procedures and predict the outcome of the experiment based on their clear rationale.

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