Publication at Faculty of Education |
2016
Abstract
The dissertation research project investigates the effect of experiment-based science education on grade 5 pupils' problem-solving skills. There are several reasons to pay attention to this issue.
It relates to the Czech pupils' results in the international assessments PISA and TIMSS. Czech pupils overall achieve above-average results especially in tasks aimed at reproducing knowledge, but they fail in solving tasks focused on reasoning and application of scientific findings.
The dissertation project also presents an opportunity to help create conditions for the development of pupils' scientific literacy. Pupils' ability to identify and solve a problems is fundamental for experimentally-oriented activities.