Computer simulations are often used as support material for science education, as they can engage students through inquiry-based learning, promote their active interaction in the experimentation phase, and help them visualize abstract concepts. ...

This work-in-progress proposes an approach that uses a low-cost, smartphone-based system for at-home, inquiry-driven science learning called STEM-Messaging System (SMS). SMS supports real-time, interactive, message-based science activities and is part of ...

The aim of this research was to characterise from the gender ideologies the conceptions about the relationship between gender and science education of university professors who train science teachers. The study is of an exploratory-descriptive ...

Physics can be regarded as an abstract and challenging subject for many secondary school students. Students’ lack of confidence when facing physics difficulties can affect their physics learning outcomes. Digital storytelling (DST) is a novel learning ...

The impact of digital games on chemistry education has received less attention compared to other scientific fields. This research gap resulted in a limited understanding of how to effectively design mobile chemistry games (MCG) distinct from non-science ...

Dropout prediction is an essential task in educational Web platforms to identify at-risk learners, enable individualized support, and eventually prevent students from quitting a course. Most existing studies on dropout prediction focus on ...

Science literacy is an increasingly important skill in the 21st century. With engagement and motivation as vital precursors to learning science, we believe introducing children to playful interactions with scientific phenomena would improve their ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has enhanced students’ learning especially by personalizing content to students’ individual needs and automating the learning process. However, AI has also raised serious privacy issues which hindered the adoption of the ...

Immersive and interactive storytelling in virtual reality (VR) is an emerging creative practice that has been thriving in recent years. Educational applications using immersive VR storytelling to explain complex science concepts have very promising ...

With the increasing technology integration practices in education, the adoption of computer simulations to teach conceptual understanding of science concepts is widely accepted by educators across the globe. To understand the connections between ...

Over the last two years we have been developing a novel approach, placing science education at the center of a maker technological environment: Make Science. In order to refine our Make Science approach, we have implemented a design-based research ...

Using mobile applications in science education has proven to be effective as it adds multiple benefits including learning gains, motivation to learn, and collaborative learning. However, some teachers are reluctant to use this technology for ...

Design thinking is an approach to educational curriculum that builds empathy, encourages ideation, and fosters active problem solving through hands-on design projects. Embedding participatory “co-design” into design thinking curriculum offers students ...

Education is now facing great revolution with the integration of big data, artificial intelligent (AI), blockchain and many other emerging new techniques. The new technological innovations include hardware, software, and the new applications make the ...

With advancing technology, "literacy" evolves to include new forms of literacy made possible by digital technologies. "New literacy" refers to using technology to research, locate, evaluate, synthesize and communication information. The purpose of the ...

The astonishing popularity of social media and its emergence into the education arena has shown tremendous potential for innovations in teaching and learning. It enables student-centered learning in a more collaborative and interactive way in the online ...

Children and teens have valuable insights to offer in the design of sociotechnical learning tools and environments. Prior work has identified a range of participatory design (PD) techniques that have been used successfully to engage youth of various ...

Epistemic frame theory has guided research using epistemic games, which are computer games focused on rich professional enculturation. Among other things, this theory characterizes communities of practice in terms of their epistemologies, which ...

Tablet computers hold great promise as educational tools. Many universities, high schools and elementary schools are working to create curricula that exploit these devices. An important part of this work is the development of textbooks that move away ...

This mixed methods study examined 73 5th graders' flow experience in a game-based science learning environment using two gameplay approaches (solo and collaborative gameplay). Both survey and focus group interview findings revealed that students had ...