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Iskrenovic-Momcilovic, Olivera – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
The aim of the research is to examine the contribution of mobile application using in botanical fieldwork to the quality and durability of knowledge of the subject Nature and society compared to multimedia teaching in the fourth grade of primary school. The study involved 120 students, divided into two groups: control group, which taught on the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Control Groups, Grade 4, Handheld Devices
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Carroll, Meredith; Lindsey, Summer; Chaparro, Maria; Winslow, Brent – Interactive Learning Environments, 2021
Mobile technology's ubiquity has caused a shift in how students learn and how pedagogy can take place. Educators have the potential to engage students more fully in the modern educational environment, by making learning content and interactions accessible via mobile devices, both within and outside of the classroom. There is a need to leverage the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teaching Methods, Educational Environment, Handheld Devices
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Knight, Kathryn; Davies, Randall S. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
This study tested an iPad application using a dichotomous key as a scaffolding tool to help students make more detailed observations as they identified various species of birds on display in a museum of natural science. The Mobile Dichotomous Key (MDK) iPad application was used by groups of fifth- and seventh-grade students. Analysis of the…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Museums, Teaching Methods
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Song, Yanjie – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
This paper reports on a study situated in a one-year project "Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for Mobile Knowledge Building," aiming at investigating how primary school students developed their inquiry skills in science learning in BYOD-supported learning environments. Student perceptions of the BYOD-supported inquiry experience were also…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Laru, Jari; Jarvela, Sanna; Clariana, Roy B. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
This study explores how collaborative inquiry learning can be supported with multiple scaffolding agents in a real-life field trip context. In practice, a mobile peer-to-peer messaging tool provided meta-cognitive and procedural support, while tutors and a nature guide provided more dynamic scaffolding in order to support argumentative discussions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Field Trips, Persuasive Discourse