Introduction
Documents such as the National Science
Education Standards (NRC, 1996) and the
Benchmarks for Science Literacy (AAAS, 1993)
emphasize the importance of teaching science
through inquiry. Despite these recommendations
inquiry-based science is not widely used as a method
for the teaching of science in schools. One of the
possible reasons for this are the teachers responsible
for its use in the classroom (Keys & Bryan,2001).
Teachers may have little experience of conducting
inquiry-based investigations themselves and therefore
have little understanding about what inquiry involves
and how it can be taught.