You are here:

An Inquiry-Based Mobile Learning Approach to Enhancing Social Science Learning Effectiveness
ARTICLE

, ,

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Volume 13, Number 4, ISSN 1176-3647 e-ISSN 1176-3647

Abstract

This study presents a mobile exploration activity that guides elementary students to learn during a social science activity with digital support from mobile devices and wireless communications. The students are situated in both the real world and the virtual world to extend their learning experiences. The learning activities between the field and the digital system not only demonstrate the practices of mobile learning, which emphasizes learning that happens close to real life, but also provides digital learning content to facilitate students' field studies. To enhance the learning performance of the students, an inquiry-based mobile learning approach is employed to assist the students in constructing their own knowledge by taking cognitive load into consideration. To evaluate the effectiveness of the innovative approach, 33 fifth grade students were arranged to carry out investigations in the Peace Temple of southern Tainan with the inquiry-based mobile learning system. Through pre- and post-class questionnaires as well as observations and focus group interviews, descriptive quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed. The results show significant positive results in terms of the students' learning. (Contains 4 tables and 10 figures.)

Citation

Shih, J.L., Chuang, C.W. & Hwang, G.J. (2010). An Inquiry-Based Mobile Learning Approach to Enhancing Social Science Learning Effectiveness. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 13(4), 50-62. Retrieved March 19, 2024 from .

This record was imported from ERIC on April 19, 2013. [Original Record]

ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

Copyright for this record is held by the content creator. For more details see ERIC's copyright policy.

Keywords

Cited By

View References & Citations Map

These links are based on references which have been extracted automatically and may have some errors. If you see a mistake, please contact info@learntechlib.org.