ERIC Number: EJ964074
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Publication Date: 2011-Dec
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Caught on Video! Using Handheld Digital Video Cameras to Support Evidence-Based Reasoning
Lottero-Perdue, Pamela S.; Nealy, Jennifer; Roland, Christine; Ryan, Amy
Science and Children, v49 n4 p56-60 Dec 2011
Engaging elementary students in evidence-based reasoning is an essential aspect of science and engineering education. Evidence-based reasoning involves students making claims (i.e., answers to questions, or solutions to problems), providing evidence to support those claims, and articulating their reasoning to connect the evidence to the claim. In this article, the authors describe the way in which video segments from affordable, pocket-size, handheld, digital video cameras can be used to support evidence-based reasoning as students design model rock-and-mortar walls. They believe that with appropriate instructional technology, teachers can determine where in the curriculum cameras can help students acquire evidence in meaningful and authentic ways--finding good reasons in science and engineering instruction for students to be caught on video! (Contains 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Evidence, Video Technology, Engineering Education, Engineering, Educational Technology, Student Projects, Handheld Devices, Photography, Elementary School Students, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Activities, Grade 4
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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