Finding Out How the Elementary School Children Manipulate with Empirical Material and How They Process the Obtained Information

The article is aimed at a partial problem of science process skills development – the evaluation of educational outcomes. In comparison to evaluation of obtained knowledge, the skills development is not so easy to be objectively evaluated. The article provides a proposal of an evaluation tool and describes the first results of its research utilization. The described research tool is applicable especially when we would like to consider whether using of inquiry based science education at primary level has a required impact on pupils΄ science process skills or not.