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Portable Technologies: Science Learning in Context. Innovations in Science Education and Technology.
Tinker, Robert F., Ed.; Krajcik, Joseph S., Ed. – 2001
Education has traditionally studied the world by bringing it into the classroom. This method can result in situated learning that appears to students to have no relevance outside the classroom. Students acquire inert, decontextualized knowledge that they cannot apply to real problems. The obvious solution to this shortcoming is to reverse the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphing Calculators, Laboratory Equipment
Direct linkSinger, Susan R., Ed.; Hilton, Margaret L., Ed.; Schweingruber, Heidi A., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2005
Laboratory experiences as a part of most U.S. high school science curricula have been taken for granted for decades, but they have rarely been carefully examined. What do they contribute to science learning? What can they contribute to science learning? What is the current status of labs in our nation s high schools as a context for learning…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Laboratory Experiments, Science Experiments
