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A teacher and her group of students, while carrying out an activity on seed germination, planted seeds in different conditions and found that dry seeds did not grow. The teacher posed the following questions to students: Why do you think these seeds are not growing? What can be done to make them grow? Which of the following skills is the teacher trying to develop among the students through these questions?

A teacher and her group of students, while carrying out an activity on seed germination, planted seeds in different conditions and found that dry seeds did not grow. The teacher posed the following questions to students: Why do you think these seeds are not growing? What can be done to make them grow? Which of the following skills is the teacher trying to develop among the students through these questions? Correct Answer Hypothesising

A set of abilities used in scientific operations is known as science process skills students who have mastered the science process skills are more engaged in the process of learning. A few examples are prediction, observation, experiment, hypothesizing, etc.

Key Points

Asking questions is critical for ensuring that students comprehend the material and keeping them involved in the activities. It is essential to the way students receive and process information and it encourages independent and critical thinking. 

  • The skill developed by asking these questions-
    • After children observe, discuss, ask questions, and experiment with materials, they will move on to hypothesizing. The teacher asks questions based on their observations and experiences and they continue to collect data about the phenomena.
    • Hypothesising provides a solution based on the observations, questions, and facts available. When a student formulates a hypothesis he connects data from the previous experiences to explain "how" and "why" events occur.

Hence, we conclude that the teacher is trying to develop hypothesizing skills among the students.

Additional Information

  • Observation- It refers to obtaining information about an event or object through the use of the senses.
  • Prediction- It refers to stating the outcome of a future event based on a pattern of evidence.
  • Question-raising- It refers to asking questions in order to arouse one's cognitive thinking.

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S1: If you want to do well in your examinations you need to be able to think for yourself which means not just following the guide-books but write what you think yourself.
P: That will not help much.
Q: Few if any students do this.
R: By discussing things with other students, with your teachers, and with any intelligent people you meet you will find you can pick up a lot of new ideas but it is not good first accepting these ideas, swallowing them undigested and then repeating them in the examination.
S: At first you will find it difficult but if you go on trying you will find clear independent thought becomes easier.
S6: If however you turn these ideas over in our mind accepting those which you agree with and fitting them into your stock of knowledge and rejecting the others you may get somewhere.

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