- 302 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
In recent years, there has been a renewed focus on STEM education in the United States, fueled by evidence that young learners' competencies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are falling behind those of their global peers.
Scholars and practitioners are beginning to utilize the new pedagogical opportunities offered by mobile learning to improve the successes of teachers and K-12 students across STEM subjects. Mobile Learning and STEM: Case Studies in Practice is a comprehensive collection of case studies that explore mobile learning's support of STEM subjects and that utilize mobile technology to facilitate unique and effective K-12 teaching and learning experiences. In addition to its focus on STEM achievement for researchers, this volume is a resource for teachers working to implement mobile learning initiatives into their classrooms.
Mobile Learning and STEM also includes research that is applicable to classrooms in nations around the world, where few students from underrepresented racial and socioeconomic backgrounds are entering into STEM jobs. Concluding with a summary of its research and its implications to future scholarship and practice, this book is a springboard for practitioners, specialists, higher education instructors, and researchers who want to establish better practices in schools and raise student achievement in STEM subjects.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- IntroductionâHelen Crompton and John Traxler
- 1 Mobile Learning and STEM: First Experiences in a Senior High School in GhanaâMargarete Grimus and Martin Ebner
- 2 Using the Cameras on Mobile Phones, iPads, and Digital Cameras to Create Animations in Science Teaching and LearningâJocelyn Wishart
- 3 Evaluating the Use of Mobile Technology in Math Education: A Case StudyâChristina Gitsaki and Matthew A. Robby
- 4 The Impact of an Outdoor Mobile-Supported Learning Activity on Studentsâ Motivation, Perceived Performance, and SatisfactionâStavros A. Nikou and Anastasios A. Economides
- 5 Learning to See With a Different Eye: Using the Cameras on Mobile Phones and PDAs in Science Teaching and LearningâJocelyn Wishart, Sakunthala Yatigammana Ekanayake, and James Fernandes
- 6 Supporting Mobile Learning and Citizen Science Through iSpotâWill Woods, Kevin McLeod, and Janice Ansine
- 7 Creating Concept-Driven Videos to Promote Autonomous LearningâAlissa K. Carter
- 8 EcoMOBILE: Designing for Contextualized STEM Learning Using Mobile Technologies and Augmented RealityâAmy Kamarainen, Shari Metcalf, Tina Grotzer, and Chris Dede
- 9 Project Outbreak: Take Biology Out of the Classroom and Into the WorldâFarah Bennani and Kae Novak
- 10 Engaging Science Learners Through Lived Practice via a Collaborative Mobile GameâDenise M. Bressler
- 11 Mobile Learning With a Remotely Operated Science LaboratoryâDonggil Song and Paul Kim
- 12 The Relationship Between Mobile Learning, Instructional Delivery, and Student Motivation in a Large Undergraduate Science ClassâKristen H. Gregory and Helen Crompton
- 13 A New Approach to Mathematics Learning K-12 in TurkeyâGonca Telli Yamamoto and Emre Firat
- 14 Integrating Two Technologies: Tablets and TeachingâJarek Sierschynski
- 15 Embodied Learning on the Edge of Mobile âMattias Davidsson
- 16 A Case Study of Synchronous Collaboration in Middle School MathâBillie Jean Holubz
- 17 Mobile Learning (M-Learning) as a Paradigmatic Mechanism to Facilitate Technology-Based Learning in a Developing CountryâSuzaan Le Roux
- 18 Mobile Learning for Online Practical Science Modules in Higher EducationâVictoria Nicholas
- 19 An Exploration into Mobile Gamification in an Information Technology ClassroomâLaurie Butgereit
- 20 Towards Mobilizing Mathematics via Gamification and Mobile ApplicationsâFerial Khaddage and Christoph Lattemann
- Conclusion: Mobile Learning and STEM â Challenges, Conclusions, and PerspectivesâJohn Traxler and Helen Crompton
- Contributor Biographies
- Index