​Instructional Design for Practical Science Activities in Primary Schools Based on Critical Thinking

Instructional Design for Practical Science Activities in Primary Schools Based on Critical Thinking

XIANG Dongfang¹, YANG Hong², WANG Haoxin³

(1. Yangjiaping Primary School, Jiulongpo District, Chongqing 400051, China; 

2. Shengbao Junior High School, Yunyang County, Chongqing 404506, China; 

3. Sichuan Association for Quality Education Promotion, Chengdu 610023, China)

Abstract:  Primary school science teaching emphasizes the cultivation of students’scientific thinking and the enhancement of their ability to solve practicalproblems in the teaching of practicalactivities. How to develop the teaching of practical activities based on problems has become the focus of attention. The research takes the proverb“When ants move and snakes cross the road, heavy rain is sure to come tomorrow" as a case study, and form a scaffolding for the teaching design of practical activities based on the application of the binary problem analysis method of critical thinking,focusing on the question“Do ants move to forctell rain". The question was used as the basis for the design of the practical activity, ensuring that the classroom was both disciplinary and scientific.

Keywords:  critical thinking; binary problem analysis method; practical activity teaching; primary school; science

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