Bringing school science to life: personalization, contextualization and reflection of self-collected data

D Woodgate; D Stanton Fraser; M Paxton; D Crellin; A Woolard; T Dillon

Bringing school science to life: personalization, contextualization and reflection of self-collected data

D Woodgate, D Stanton Fraser, M Paxton, D Crellin, A Woolard, T Dillon

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

We investigate the use of mobile and sensor technologies for school science investigations, to bring about a more engaging and hands-on approach to science learning. We report early findings from two trials carried out within the Participate project, where schoolchildren were given a range of off the shelf and newly developed technologies to carry out data collection and analysis tasks. Indications are that, not only are the tasks engaging for the pupils, but aspects such as personalization of data, contextual information, and reflection upon both the data and its collection, are important factors in obtaining and retaining their interest.

Original language	English
Pages	100-104
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	Fifth IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and ubiquitous Technologies in Education (WMUTE 2008) - Beijing, China Duration: 23 Mar 2008 → 26 Mar 2008

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Conference	Fifth IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and ubiquitous Technologies in Education (WMUTE 2008)
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	23/03/08 → 26/03/08

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Woodgate, D, Stanton Fraser, D, Paxton, M, Crellin, D, Woolard, A & Dillon, T 2008, 'Bringing school science to life: personalization, contextualization and reflection of self-collected data', Paper presented at Fifth IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and ubiquitous Technologies in Education (WMUTE 2008), Beijing, China, 23/03/08 - 26/03/08 pp. 100-104.

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