• DocumentCode
    3714258
  • Title

    Everyday devices taught and explained to primary school children by following the energy transformations, using web-based software

  • Author

    D. M. Garyfallidou;G. S. Ioannidis

  • Author_Institution
    The Science Laboratory, School of Education, University of Patras, Greece
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    19
  • Lastpage
    27
  • Abstract
    To teach the way everyday devices work, by following the energy transformations along the way, a web-based educational software was used to a total of 230 primary school children. The aim was to investigate the way ordinary teachers behave when using such web-tools, by studying their effectiveness and success rate in guiding pupils to achieve knowledge, following whichever method they may choose. Mobile devices such as tablets can be utilised in class, and/or projectors, as in the case presented. As the effectiveness of the software is already proven, this study qualifies as a measurement of the software´s ease of use in everyday school situations. Children´s knowledge improvement was measured, while some interesting results are reached herein.
  • Keywords
    "Software","Education","Chemicals","Electromagnetic radiation","Home appliances","Conferences","Mobile communication"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL), 2015 International Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMCTL.2015.7359547
  • Filename
    7359547