Table 6.

Frequencies of Thinking and Working Like a Scientist codes from student interviews^a

	Novice students		Experienced students
Code	n	% of novices	n	% of experienced students
Gains in data-collection skills	27	93	44	100
Gains in data analysis and interpretation	12	41	28	64
Gains in problem solving	13	45	42	95
Gains in figuring out the next steps of an experiment	3	10	12	27
Gains in understanding experimental design	4	14	22	50
Gains in identifying a research question	1	3	7	16

^aNovice students: n = 29; experienced students: n = 44.