Science in Your Pocket: Leaving High School Students to Their Own 'Devices' While Designing an Inquiry-Based Investigation

Autor/inn/en	Gordon, Tom; Georgiou, Helen; Cornish, Scott; Sharma, Majula
Titel	Science in Your Pocket: Leaving High School Students to Their Own 'Devices' While Designing an Inquiry-Based Investigation
Quelle	In: Teaching Science, 65 (2019) 1, S.17-25 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-6313
Schlagwörter	Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; High School Students; Inquiry; Teaching Methods; Measurement; Cooperative Learning; Science Instruction; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Secondary School Teachers; Program Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Telekommunikationstechnik; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Messverfahren; Kooperatives Lernen; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Smartphones are increasingly used in schools to achieve a number of educational outcomes; from developing measurement skills to enabling collaborative learning. When used as a measurement device in science classrooms, a few questions emerge. How good are the measurement capabilities of smartphones? Can smartphones lead to a more positive learning experience? What are students' and teachers' attitudes to investigations when smartphones are used to take measurements? This study investigated the use of smartphones as measurement devices in a classroom hands-on investigation to probe the complex phenomenon of light intensity. The investigation was implemented in nine workshops with a total of 93 students and 118 teachers. We report on the design and evaluation of the investigation using a survey consisting of Likert-style questions, measures of mental effort and open-ended responses. Results show that the design features were critical to the success of the investigation and participants found the investigation to be interesting and a valuable learning experience. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Science Teachers Association. P.O. Box 334, Deakin West, ACT 2600, Australia. Tel: +61-02-6282-9377; Fax: +61-02-6282-9477; e-mail: publications@asta.edu.au; Web site: http://www.asta.edu.au/resources/teachingscience
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01