ERIC Number: EJ1111180
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Publication Date: 2016
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A Structured Inquiry into a Digital Story: Students Report the Making of a Superball
Penttilä, Johanna; Kallunki, Veera; Niemi, Hannele M.; Multisilta, Jari
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, v8 n3 p19-34 2016
Schools have been islands isolated from mobile technologies for a long time. In Finland, schools are investing in mobile technologies with the aim of providing a tablet for each student. This trend enables classes to adopt practices where students not only use ready-made learning materials but generate content as well. This paper aims to investigate student-generated digital stories as learning artefacts through a case example from two chemistry classes in a primary school. After introducing a method of creating digital stories from a structured inquiry, the paper presents an in-depth analysis of a specific type of story, its construction and conceptual learning outcomes related to the story's topic (i.e., chemical reaction). The results indicate that storytelling based on a structured inquiry is suited for novice science learners. In the future, teaching visual communication skills and story scripting to students should be emphasised to make the stories more sophisticated.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Student Developed Materials, Story Telling, Case Studies, Chemistry, Inquiry, Science Education, Elementary School Science, Student Centered Learning, Outcomes of Education, Video Technology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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