Research and Teaching: Higher Level Thinking Questions’ Impact on Scientific Models’ Complexity and Accuracy

Inclusion of model building in the learning process promotes a deep understanding of scientific content and concepts. Likewise, higher level questioning requires high cognitive demand and critical reasoning and leads to positive educational results. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the conjunction of higher level thinking questioning with scientific model processing would contribute to students’ construction of more complex and accurate scientific models.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2018Stock # jcst18_048_01_76Volume 048Issue 01

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