Looking for ideas: observation, interpretation and hypothesis-making by 12-year-old pupils undertaking science investigations

By Stephen P. Tomkins, S. Tunnicliffe. 2001

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Effects of Keeping Animals as Pets on Children's Concepts of Vertebrates and Invertebrates (2008, background): “Tomkins & Tunnicliffe, 2001 ) Special attention should be focused on children from families from lower socioeconomic status, because these children showed fewer experiences of rearing animals than other children.”
Scaffolding science teachers in open-inquiry teaching (2009, background): “In a study of guiding students undertaking science investigations, Tomkins and Tunnicliffe (2001) warned of a scaffolding ‘pitfall’; that is, the teacher can be so focused on teaching the intended learning goals that he or she hardly listens to students and does not give them intellectual space.”
21st Century Skill “Problem Solving”: Defining the Concept (2019, background): “They are All of these have a basis layer of observation as well as skills of designing, quantifying, the breakdown of data and assessing processes [24].”