Portable Technologies: Science Learning in Context. Innovations in Science Education and Technology

• Main Authors: Tinker, Robert F., Ed, Krajcik, Joseph S., Ed
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Order Department 2001
• Subjects: Calculator Based Laboratories; Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Graphing Calculators; Laboratory Equipment; Problem Based Learning; Problem Solving; Science Activities; Science Experiments; Science Instruction

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 so...