Usability of Electronic Instructional Tools in the Physics Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Ndihokubwayo, Kizito; Uwamahoro, Jean; Ndayambaje, Irénée
Titel	Usability of Electronic Instructional Tools in the Physics Classroom
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16 (2020) 11, (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Usability; Technology Integration; Computer Simulation; Video Technology; Web 2.0 Technologies; STEM Education; Active Learning; Science Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Physics; Class Activities; Time Management; Boarding Schools; Day Schools; Urban Schools; Rural Schools; Differences; Secondary Schools; Foreign Countries; Rwanda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computergrafik; Computersimulation; STEM; Aktives Lernen; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Physik; Zeitmanagement; Boarding school; Internat; Day school; Halbtagsschule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Rural area; Rural areas; Ländlicher Raum; Schulen; Unterscheiden; Sekundarschule; Ausland; Ruanda
Abstract	Information Communication Technology (ICT) is becoming valuable tools to help improve education, especially during teaching and learning of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects. In this regard, we conducted this study to explore the usability of ICT tools in Physics taught courses. To collect data, we used classroom observation protocol for undergraduate STEM to assess how teachers and learners spend time on classroom activities among day and boarding schools and urban and rural schools. We also surveyed physics teachers after a short workshop on the use of PhET simulations and YouTube videos for teaching optics to reveal their workability and usefulness. As a result, we found that teachers in the day schools guide and assign more work to their learners, allow them to work in groups more than those in boarding schools. Similarly, learners in rural schools spend much time working in groups more than their colleagues in urban schools. However, teachers in urban schools spend much time guiding their learners than teachers in rural schools. Teachers use more of textbooks among various instructional tools. Teachers were not aware of and used to PhET simulations and YouTube videos in physics class; however, after the workshop, they conceived them as convenient electronic instructional tools that can accelerate the active learning of Optics. Since these resources are free to access and easy to use, we highly recommend teachers to use them in their daily teaching and learning activities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01