coaching field trip students in inquiry
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This presentation was made to the Visitor Studies Association in Ft. Worth TX in July, 2009. It describes a program for helping school field trip students learn how to do inquiry at interactive exhibits in science museums.TRANSCRIPT
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Improving Field Trip Experiences:
Designing Exhibits,Coaching Students,Engaging Teachers
Scott Ewing & Scott Pattison - OMSI
Josh Gutwill - ExploratoriumJim Kisiel - Cal State Long
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Coaching Field Trip Students in Inquiry
Josh GutwillActing Director Exploratorium
Visitor Research & Evaluation QuickTime™ and a
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Group Inquiry by Visitors at ExhibitsJosh
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Group Inquiry by Visitors
at Exhibits Sue Allen Craig AndersonMark Boccuzzi
Fay DearbornBeth Gardner Josh GutwillMalia Jackson
Adam KlingerNerissa KuebrichSuzy LoperKathy McLeanLisa SindorfErin Wilson
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Research questions
• Can we coach students and chaperones to do Inquiry?– Without prior instruction in class?
• Can we help students work together?
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Which Inquiry Skills?
Questioning
Investigating
Explaining
Using EvidenceProblemsolving
Reflecting
ProposeAction
InterpretResults
DesigningExperiment
Investigating
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Format: Juicy Question GamePlay with
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Do the Experime
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Brainstorm“Juicy Questions”
Ask more“Juicy Questions”
Interpret Results
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Video clip showing a chaperone facilitating the Juicy Question games through its three main steps of Brainstorming questions, Doing experiments, and Sharing discoveries
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PretestExhibit
Juicy Question(2 exhibits)
Post-testExhibit
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Juicy Question(2 exhibits)
Control A (2 exhibits)
Control B(2 exhibits)
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Another Game: Hands Off
Propose PlanInterpret Results
Call “Hands Off”
anytime
Individual and Spontaneous
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PretestExhibit
Juicy Question(2 exhibits)
Post-testExhibit
Control A(2 exhibits)
Hands Off(2 exhibits)
Control B(2 exhibits)
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Results
What’s your hunch?a) Juicy Question is bestb) Hands Off is bestc) No Differences
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Proposing Actions
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Proposing Actions
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Proposing Actions
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Interpreting Results
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Interpreting Results
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Interpreting Results
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Linked Investigations
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Linked Investigations
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Conclusions
• led to better inquiry• learnable in ~20 mins• memorable format• worked for field trip
groups (8-10 yrs)
Juicy Question:
www.exploratorium.edu/partner/give
Starting to try it on the floor
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