Pregunta 1
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What is scientific enquiry?
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Allowing children to learn using a variety of approaches, including observing, identifying, classifying, pattern seeking, and fair testing.
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Allows children to collect, analyse and present data.
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A descriptive account of what scientists do and therefore does not provide the substantive knowledge that children need.
Pregunta 2
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What type of understanding does scientific enquiry and concepts of evidence provide?
Pregunta 3
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What does working scientifically provide children with?
Pregunta 4
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What is substantive knowledge?
Pregunta 5
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What is the process view of scientific enquiry?
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Gives ideas about the quality of data and its validity, therefore giving reasoning behind the actions of science.
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Evaluating and planning experiments
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It gives a descriptive account of what scientists do
Pregunta 6
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Which scientific enquiry allows for a substantive understanding
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Process view
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Concepts of evidence
Pregunta 7
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What are the features of the process view?
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Develops routine in primary schools.
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Involves evaluating and planning
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Involves practical and non practical activities
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Involves doing science practically
Pregunta 8
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What is concepts of evidence?
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A descriptive account of what scientists do
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Gives ideas about the quality of data and its validity, therefore giving reasoning behind the actions of science.
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Allows children to be aware of the quality of evidence which informs the claims that they make
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Gives an understanding of how control variables affect the dependant variable
Pregunta 9
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Which is consistent with a constructivist view of knowledge?
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Concepts of evidence
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Process view
Pregunta 10
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What does teaching the process view look like?
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Keeping everything the same
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Doing a set number of repeats and no trials
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Testing trials
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Being focused on validity
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Being focused on getting the right answer
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Constant routine
Pregunta 11
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What does concepts of evidence look like in the classroom?
Pregunta 12
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What practical activities teach substantive and concepts of evidence?
Pregunta 13
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Which non practical activities teach substantive ideas and concepts of evidence?
Pregunta 14
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Which is not clear in the national curriculum?
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Concepts of evidence
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Process view
Pregunta 15
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Which allows for a deeper understanding through constructivism and transmits the importance of scientific processes?
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Process view
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Concepts of evidence
Pregunta 16
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What should children understand?
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That measurement has an inbuilt uncertainty
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That measurements are exact
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Repeat readings may be needed
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There is a margin of error