Title
1: 1 mobile inquiry learning experience for primary science students: a study of learning effectiveness
Abstract
This paper presents the findings of a research project in which we transformed a primary (grade) 3 science curriculum for delivery via mobile technologies, and a teacher enacted the lessons over the 2009 academic year in a class in a primary school in Singapore. The students had a total of 21 weeks of the mobilized lessons in science, which were co-designed by teachers and researchers by tapping into the affordances of mobile technologies for supporting inquiry learning in and outside of class. We examine the learning effectiveness of the enacted mobilized science curriculum. The results show that among the six mixed-ability classes in primary (grade) 3 in the school, the experimental class performed better than other classes as measured by traditional assessments in the science subject. With mobilized lessons, students were found to learn science in personal, deep and engaging ways as well as developed positive attitudes towards mobile learning.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00390.x
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING
Keywords
Field
DocType
elementary education,improving classroom teaching,mobile learning,mobilized curriculum
Mobile technology,Computer science,Academic year,Mobile device,Curriculum,Learning experience,Pedagogy,Mathematics education,Affordance,Science education,Primary education
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
27
3
0266-4909
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
39
1.78
11
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chee-Kit Looi11639255.32
Baohui Zhang232627.15
Wenli Chen343038.53
Peter Sen Kee Seow41096.93
Gean Chia51025.96
Cathie Norris631025.68
Elliot Soloway73146812.89