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The Inquiry Diary: Students' motivation towards water-quality evaluation

Publication at Faculty of Science, Faculty of Education |
2020

Abstract

This contribution presents design, verification and modification of an activity chosen from the InquiryBased Diary made by the first author of this paper. The activity was tested at two lower-secondary schools (N=70; IX 2019).

It started with a guiding question: "What kind of water is better - tap water or bottled water?" The activity proved to be feasible. All groups successfully carried out an analysis of the brought water samples and were able to interpret the results correctly.

The IMI questionnaire was used to gain feedback. Students seem not to feel pressure during their activities, and they responded positively in the areas of an interest/enjoyment, effort/usefulness and value/usefulness.