Research On Implementation And Effects Of Scientific Inquiry Activities In Junior High School Science

“Science curriculum standard for compulsory education (2011)”emphasizes on theimportant value of scientific inquiry activities in improving students’scientific literacy. We mustmake sure that there’s enough time and space for them to practice and think. We see that althoughmuch more opportunities are added to science teaching for students to practice, it is still needed tobe explore how to fit integrative practical activities into in the process of science teaching andmake sure its effectiveness. This is the basis of the selection of this article’s topic. Based on thestudy of the related research results of science teaching in junior high school and the integrativepractical activities, we analyzed the present situation of the adaption of integrative practicalactivities in science teaching in junior high school and the problem of it at first. And then wediscussed the theoretical foundation of the implementation of integrative practical activities inscience teaching in junior high school through the three aspects, which are the characters, function,and basic principle of the implementation of integrative practical activities in science teaching.Next, in view of the problems arisen from the implementation of integrative practical activities inscience teaching in junior high school, we discussed the designs and optimizing strategies andoffered a concrete teaching case under the guidance of the above theoretical basis. At last, weanalyzed the learning effectiveness of the implementation of integrative practical activities inscience teaching in junior high school. This paper argues that scientific integrative practicalactivities can not only help students to form scientific concepts, understand and consolidatescientific knowledge and master correctly the scientific methods and basic skills, but also havepractical and theoretical significance to train the ability of observation, thinking, experiment and tocultivate a style of study that can relate theory to practice, an attitude of seeking the truth for factsand an ability that can turn the mechanical passive learning method into active inquiry learningmethod. Therefore, we should create more conditions to implement the integrative practicalactivities in science teaching in junior high school so as to truly implement quality-orientededucation in science teaching.