Browsing by Author "Kyza, Eleni A."
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Development and assessment of web based Curriculum materials for decision making About socio-scientific issues: the example of Trace chemicals in drinking water
Ioannou, Andrie S.; Constantinou, Constantinos P.; Papadouris, Nicos; Kyza, Eleni A. (University of Cyprus, 2007)This paper reports on a research effort targeted at helping high-school students develop decision-making skills, in the context of an important socio-scientific issue that is not traditionally included in school curricula. ... -
The rationale, design, and implementation of a web-based inquiry learning environment
Kyza, Eleni A.; Michael, Georgia; Constantinou, Constantinos P. (University of Cyprus, 2007)It is reported that, without appropriate support, students might face several difficulties when engaging in highlevel reasoning in science. This paper discusses the design of a software-based tool to support students’ ... -
Supporting data-rich inquiries on the world-wide-web
Kyza, Eleni A. (University of Zilina, 2005)Data-driven inquiries that resemble authentic scientific tasks are seen as one of the primary ways that could facilitate students’ development of scientific reasoning skills and contribute to their understanding of the ... -
Talking about evidence in inquiry-based science: what role can software scaffolds play?
Kyza, Eleni A.; Edelson, Daniel C. (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)Evidence-based explanations are a core element of scientific reasoning. Nonetheless, the literature reports that middle school students often fail to support their hypotheses with evidence, do not always recognize that ...