Book chapter
Revisiting the Relationship Between Science Teaching Practice and Scientific Literacy: Multi-level Analysis Using PISA
Methodology for Multilevel Modeling in Educational Research, pp.235-253
Springer Singapore
2022
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-9142-3_12
Abstract
Growing evidence from recent curriculum documents and previous research suggests that inquiry-based science teaching practices promote students’ conceptual understanding, level of achievement, and motivation to learn. However, some researchers have questioned whether inquiry-based learning is the best learning method and have claimed that direct instruction is more efficient and equally effective for student performance. To contribute to this debate, the current study, drawing on data from the Program for International Student Assessment 2015, used a multivariate multilevel method to examine the relationship between the scientific literacy of 5712 American students from 177 schools and two teaching practices: inquiry-based teaching and direct instruction. The results of multilevel modeling, after controlling for student- and school-level variables, revealed that inquiry-based teaching was significantly negatively related to scientific literacy, whereas direct instruction was significantly positively related to scientific literacy. The findings of this study can help achieve a comprehensive understanding of science teaching practices and students’ performance on an international test, and this understanding can provide insights for future teaching strategies.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Revisiting the Relationship Between Science Teaching Practice and Scientific Literacy: Multi-level Analysis Using PISA
- Creators
- Hyesun You - University of Iowa, Teaching and Learning
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Methodology for Multilevel Modeling in Educational Research, pp.235-253
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore; Singapore
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-16-9142-3_12
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2022
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning
- Record Identifier
- 9984376453802771
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