SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON INCORPORATING BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD TASKS INTO BIOLOGY LESSONS

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.scientiasocialis.lt/jbse/?q=node/1479" target="_blank" >https://www.scientiasocialis.lt/jbse/?q=node/1479</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/jbse/25.24.506" target="_blank" >10.33225/jbse/25.24.506</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON INCORPORATING BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD TASKS INTO BIOLOGY LESSONS

Original language description

Tasks used in the Biology Olympiad (BiO) appear to be promising alternatives to traditional teaching tasks in biology education, as they frequently incorporate inquiry-based elements. This makes them a valuable resource for increasing students&apos;exposure to inquiry activities during classroom instruction. However, for teachers to effectively implement BiO tasks in their teaching practice, it is essential to identify and understand which aspects of these tasks pose the greatest difficulties for students. Therefore, tasks from the BiO (n = 5) were integrated into biology classes. Subsequently, a questionnaire revealed that students (n = 232) encountered the most significant challenges during the solution process with individual inquiry skills, such as inferring answers from comparisons, justifying claims, and drawing conclusions, compared with non-inquiry difficulties and practical biology skills. Furthermore, the research results showed that the majority of participants (77.2 %) positively perceived the inclusion of BiO tasks in biology lessons. Overall, if teachers consider the content difficulty of the tasks, incorporating BiO tasks into the teaching process could be a way to enhance students&apos; inquiry skills during biology classes, and learning would be perceived as more attractive to the students.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - 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]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Baltic Science Education

ISSN

1648-3898

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

LT - LITHUANIA

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

506-521

UT code for WoS article

001525162900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105010972687