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Portable Technologies: Science Learning in Context. Innovations in Science Education and Technology.
Tinker, Robert F., Ed.; Krajcik, Joseph S., Ed. – 2001
Education has traditionally studied the world by bringing it into the classroom. This method can result in situated learning that appears to students to have no relevance outside the classroom. Students acquire inert, decontextualized knowledge that they cannot apply to real problems. The obvious solution to this shortcoming is to reverse the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphing Calculators, Laboratory Equipment
