ERIC Number: EJ1014094
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1962
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Inquiry Pedagogy and Smartphones: Enabling a Change in School Culture
Norris, Cathleen A.; Soloway, Elliot; Tan, Chun Ming; Looi, Chee-Kit
Educational Technology, v53 n4 p33-40 Jul-Aug 2013
In this project report, the authors describe the five transformations that a primary school in Singapore underwent as it adopted an inquiry pedagogy and curriculum along with a 1:1 deployment of smartphones. Based on the students' end-of-year test scores, not only did the students learn the prescribed content, but also they developed key 21st century skills. Taken together, the transformations have engendered a cultural change at Nan Chiau Primary School. (Contains 6 figures and 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: School Culture, Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Scores, Elementary School Students, Educational Change, Skill Development, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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