Evaluation of Online Inquiry Competences of Chilean Elementary School Students

Our diagnostic framework encompasses a spectrum of information challenges within the natural sciences, stratified by grade level (i.e., 4th, 6th, and 8th grades), question category (i.e., closed-ended, descriptive, causal explanation, verification, prediction, difficulty (i.e., easy, intermediate, difficult), and generalization), and challenge type (i.e., open-ended response and source evaluation).

To engage students in the diagnostic process while maintaining control over the information resources accessed during the search sessions, we used the Trivia game [1], powered by the NEURONE ecosystem [2]. Accordingly, both the challenges and the repository of information resources (e.g., web pages, images, and videos) were loaded onto the Trivia platform. This facilitated an experiential learning environment for students, simulating search experiences similar to those provided by contemporary search engines such as Google and Bing.