Developing Primary school students’ ability to explain phenomena scientifically using digital scenarios
Abstract
Τhe present work is α part of a wider research that concerns the investigation of the development of scientific literacy of 6th grade Primary School students through the application of inquiry-based learning digital scenarios. It was investigated whether the students of improved their ability to explain phenomena scientifically after taking part in an intervention concerning "Electromagnetism", using digital scenarios that were developed and implemented with a special focus on the features of scientific language. Our results show that the students of the experimental group presented a greater improvement in their explanations of scientific phenomena as compared to the students of the control group, who were taught the same topic without any focus on scientific language. This conclusion can be useful to teachers for planning and choosing their teaching method and the enrichment of their learning goals.
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- 8. APPLICATIONS OF ICT IN THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY