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HOW ARE WEB PAGES EVALUATED?

How Scientist Work/Nature of Scientific Inquiry

How Scientist Work/Nature of Scientific Inquiry: To what extent does the content, presentation method, and/or activity facilitate how students learn about what scientists do in the process of inquiry, and how we know what we know in science.


Participants rate the web page for the following criteria:

Poor Fair Good

i. Resource provides no opportunity to understand the nature of inquiry and how scientists work.

Page contains any one of the following:

i. Presents how and why different kinds of questions, based on prior scientific knowledge, suggest different kinds of science investigations.

ii. Provides a brief description of how the senses are extended using a variety of tools, technology, methods, and mathematics.

iii. Provides a brief explanation that scientists use evidence, logic, and current scientific knowledge to propose explanations.



Page contains any one of the following:

i. Facilitates learning how scientists use what is already known to develop different types of questions and investigations. In addition to just stating this fact, the page provides real-world examples.

ii. Encourages learners to discuss, either verbally or in writing, how the senses may be extended to gather evidence, guide inquiry, and analyze data using a variety of tools, technology, methods, and mathematics. Cites real-world examples.

iii. Provides a detailed description of how scientists use evidence, logic, and current scientific knowledge to propose explanations and communicate their results. Supporting real world examples are provided.