<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A successful application of scientific research in science education requires adequate professional training of teachers. The study presents the results of research focused on the level of scientific inquiry skills of future biology teachers. The results showed that students with a success rate of over 80 % solved tasks focused on applying numerical methods, determining relationships between variables and evaluating the uses and misuses of scientific information with a more than 80 % success rate. On the other side, the students had considerable problems associated with planning and implementing of the experiment. The results indicated that there is no significant difference in the level of scientific inquiry skills between students who study biology teaching in combination with other science subject, and students who study biology teaching in combination with a non-science subject.</p></abstract>

A successful application of scientific research in science education requires adequate professional training of teachers. The study presents the results of research focused on the level of scientific inquiry skills of future biology teachers. The results showed that students with a success rate of over 80 % solved tasks focused on applying numerical methods, determining relationships between variables and evaluating the uses and misuses of scientific information with a more than 80 % success rate. On the other side, the students had considerable problems associated with planning and implementing of the experiment. The results indicated that there is no significant difference in the level of scientific inquiry skills between students who study biology teaching in combination with other science subject, and students who study biology teaching in combination with a non-science subject.

Assessing of Scientific Inquiry Skills Achieved by Future Biology Teachers

Department of Didactics in Science, Psychology and Pedagogy, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology

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A successful application of scientific research in science education requires adequate professional training of teachers. The study presents the results of...

Assessing of Scientific Inquiry Skills Achieved by Future Biology Teachers

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 71 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cdem-2018-0004

Keywords
scientific inquiry skills, scientific knowledge

© 2018 Elena Čipková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Assessing of Scientific Inquiry Skills Achieved by Future Biology Teachers

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 71 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cdem-2018-0004

Keywordsscientific inquiry skills, scientific knowledge

© 2018 Elena Čipková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
scientific inquiry skills, scientific knowledge