?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+gradual+release+of+responsibility%3A+A+case+study+of+teaching+science+inquiry+skills&rft.creator=Whittaker%2C+Julia+Ann&rft.subject=Primary+science+education&rft.subject=Gradual+release+of+responsibility+model&rft.subject=Scientific+inquiry+skills&rft.subject=Science+inquiry&rft.subject=Scientific+literacy&rft.subject=SOLO-taxonomy&rft.subject=Teacher+professional+development&rft.subject=Primary+science+pedagogy&rft.subject=Scaffolded+learning&rft.subject=Modelling+and+think-aloud&rft.description=This+thesis+investigated+how+a+year-4+teacher+used+a+pedagogical+approach+referred+to+as+the+Gradual+Release+of+Responsibility+(GRR)+model+of+instruction+for+teaching+Science+Inquiry+Skills+in+a+primary+classroom.+Through+scaffolding+her+students'+learning+using+the+GRR%2C+the+teacher+guided+her+students+towards+developing+an+understanding+about+Scientific+Inquiry+leading+to+the+foundations+of+scientific+literacy.+A+learning+environment+was+established+in+which+students+engaged+in+rich+conversations%2C+designed+and+conducted+experiments+using+fair+testing+procedures%2C+analysed+and+offered+justifications+for+results%2C+and+negotiated+knowledge+claims+in+ways+similar+to+some+of+those+in+the+scientific+community.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2016&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F93362%2F1%2FJulia_Whittaker_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Whittaker%2C+Julia+Ann+(2016)+The+gradual+release+of+responsibility%3A+A+case+study+of+teaching+science+inquiry+skills.+Masters+by+Research+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F93362%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education%3B+Office+of+Education+Research