Science Notebooks
After implementation of the Science Notebooks approach with the experimental group of
teachers, the data generated through classroom observation revealed an overall increase in
aggregate scores (sum of five-point scale scores for developing an investigable question, designing
an experiment, data collection, scientific drawing and concluding) for the three teachers
who had participated in the Science Notebooks approach workshops (Figure 1). This gen
eral pattern of increasing scores over time was reflected in each individual teacher’s case from
the baseline observation until the third and final lesson.