Evaluating experimental activities in Czech chemistry textbooks: a critical analysis
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11410%2F23%3A10474487" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11410/23:10474487 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=QH1NNctGRU" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=QH1NNctGRU</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2023-0006" target="_blank" >10.2478/cdem-2023-0006</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Evaluating experimental activities in Czech chemistry textbooks: a critical analysis
Original language description
This study analysed the nature and integration of experimental activities in Czech lower-secondary chemistry textbooks which are currently in use. Focusing on four dominant textbook series (published since 1990's), and one recently (2019) published and certified, it investigated the offered types of student activities, their cognitive demands, placement in the educational process, and inquiry levels. The findings reveal two distinct groups of textbooks based on the quantity of experimental activities. Some textbooks align with traditional teaching methods, emphasising teacher-led demonstrations, while others attempt a balance between safety concerns and student engagement. However, a general lack of focus on higher-order cognitive skills and inadequate scaffolding for scientific process skills development was found. The results showed future research should investigate the impact of experimental activities on student outcomes, highlighting the need for more modern approaches in chemistry education.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Chemistry, Didactics, Ecology, Metrology
ISSN
1640-9019
e-ISSN
2084-4506
Volume of the periodical
28
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1-2
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
93-104
UT code for WoS article
001151794200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85184235705