Gamification in preschool science education

Advances in Mobile Learning Educational Research, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 2(2), С. 308 - 320

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2022

Over the last few years, rapid technological progress has developed our lives in all areas. The adoption of technology everyday both adults and children through smart mobile devices led to foreseeable integration digital tools educational process. Smart applications that accompany them have been proven effective field since they allow students acquire knowledge activities with an interactive playful character. A technique gained popularity among users decades is gamification. Gamification combines mechanisms elements games, enhancing students' learning, motivation, interest various fields, such as mathematics science. usage game education not encountered for first time due spread gamification technology, but it mentioned early ancient Greek years. However, reinforced components techniques provide necessary supplies leading positive learning outcomes. This bibliographic review presents literature findings on science teaching preschool education.

Язык: Английский

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Assessing Algorithmic Thinking Skills in Relation to Age in Early Childhood STEM Education

Education Sciences, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 12(6), С. 380 - 380

Опубликована: Май 31, 2022

In the modern digital era, intensive efforts are made to inject computational thinking (CT) across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, aiming at formulating a well-trained citizenry workforce capable of confronting intricate problems that would not be solvable unless exercising CT skills. Focusing on contributing research area assessment in first two years primary school, we investigated correlation algorithmic skills, as fundamental competency, with students’ age early childhood settings. This article reports relevant study, which implemented under umbrella quantitative methodology, employing an innovative tool constructed for serving needs our study. The was conducted within context environmental study course, adding infusing into STEM fields. results shed light between skills childhood, revealing is predictor factor and, therefore, CT.

Язык: Английский

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Science Concept Formation During Infancy, Toddlerhood, and Early Childhood: Developing a Scientific Motive Over Time

Research in Science Education, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 53(2), С. 275 - 294

Опубликована: Апрель 22, 2022

Abstract A substantial number of empirical studies in the field Early Childhood Science Education have explored science concept formation early childhood educational settings. Most these focus on process during a teaching intervention or school year period. However, less is known about how children form concepts over first years their lives. This longitudinal study aimed at studying five children’s life within Following cultural–historical approach, develop motive from infancy, toddlerhood, and into teachers create conditions for development orientation towards time. cohort 50 Australia participated study. Indicative case examples are presented. The research design drew Conceptual PlayWorld model, collective practice learning through imagination play. Digital visual methods were used data collection analysis. findings illustrated that developed when play dialectically interrelated It was also shown by introducing, maintaining, transforming an ideal environment stimulating to interact with mature forms science. concludes insights education methodology, implications inform discussed.

Язык: Английский

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School Science: An Approach to Rethinking What Students Learn and How They Might be Better Engaged

Science Education, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT For decades, two critical challenges have plagued school science in the years it is compulsory for students many educational contexts across globe: how best to identify what meaningful all learn during their formal education, and keep these engaged learning of this science. Diverse curriculum movements over decades throughout English‐speaking world provided different conceptualizations about content process should learn, suggested pedagogical practices engage that learning. However, intertwined specific concern article clearly remain: include foster student engagement with In paper, we first seek provide insights relevant via reviews extant research three quite broad important areas scholarship: (a) concepts imagination creativity, considered particularly through current cultural‐historical approaches early learning; (b) long‐standing support around globe a range inquiry‐based approaches; (c) German constructs Didaktik Bildung as existing paths from non‐Anglo context assist determination choices inclusion or rejection. We then consider discussions can lead considerations better address challenges. Though simple solutions complex multifaceted are unlikely beyond aim interrelated aspects our point curriculum‐focussed initiatives focussing on “big ideas” way determine content. conclude by briefly illustrating example structured big ideas science: is, those argued be fundamental learner course education.

Язык: Английский

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The Hidden and Invisible: Supporting Science Learning in Infant-Toddler Group Settings

Journal of Research in Childhood Education, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 38(2), С. 227 - 242

Опубликована: Июль 27, 2023

Science concept formation has a long history in early childhood educational research. Most of the studies field focus on way children form science concepts as preschoolers. However, less is known about nature for under 3 years age. This study explores how teachers create conditions infants. The research design drew Conceptual PlayWorld model, collective practice learning and development through imagination play. Thirteen infants with mean age 1.2 (1 year months) participated study. Visual methods were used digital data collection analysis. analysis upon cultural-historical interrelation between everyday scientific real ideal forms. foregrounded four key elements introducing infants' reality: 1) making meaningful interrelations concept, 2) consistently using language, 3) appropriate analogies, 4) forms method. overall findings open new understandings infants, informing pedagogical this under-researched area.

Язык: Английский

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An investigation on alternative ideas on thermal phenomena of pupils with and without learning difficulties

SN Social Sciences, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 3(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 12, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Supporting children's understanding around emotions through creative, dance-based movement: A pilot study

Learning Culture and Social Interaction, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 37, С. 100659 - 100659

Опубликована: Сен. 5, 2022

Developing Understandings of Emotions through Movement (DUEM) is an interdisciplinary programme supporting young children (5–6 years) to develop contextualised understandings around emotions. DUEM responds the recognised need support Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in schools, acknowledgement that many SEL programmes do not offer equitable access development social emotional competence, paucity offerings learning where verbal or written language are a barrier. Harnessing embodied literacy with alphabetical literacy, it frames movement as interpretive improvisational, tool for meaning making. Children build vocabulary interaction each other, images, picturebooks, music representation. Talk still critical building understanding, but provides another 'way in'. This paper reports pilot study two school classes England (29 children; teachers), online workshops 18 practitioners. Data comprises video-recorded lessons, audio-recorded post-lesson discussions interviews collaborating mental health specialist dance specialist, workshops. Reflexive thematic analysis was used explore data. We identify how can be bridge learning, ways acceptable teachers, potentially more addition toolkit.

Язык: Английский

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Exploration of Applying Lego NXT and Arduino in Situated Engineering Teaching: A Case Study of a Robotics Contest at King Saud University

International Journal of Robotics and Control Systems, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 2(1), С. 67 - 78

Опубликована: Янв. 30, 2022

Saudi students in engineering courses suffer from a lack of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) knowledge due to the teaching philosophy programs offered secondary intermediate schools. This weakness naturally impacts their motivation, grades, relationship with teachers. In this paper, we introduce new experimental experience Applied Mechanical Department Engineering College King Saud University, based on situated learning theory, which emphasizes that must be learned constructed situational context). involved introducing Lego NXT Arduino enhance enthusiasm interest through designing building robots agreement “Introduction design” course syllabus. Two challenges were associated with: line-follower problem maze problem. These took form an internal completion at end each semester. The was conducted for two consecutive terms (30 students, academic year 2019-2020), results compared those six previous (100 years 2016 2019). group demonstrated grades improvement (course mean grade rose 77.1 85.3), progress achievement, enables them actively explore construct knowledge.

Язык: Английский

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Psychosocial Obstacles in Young Children Argumentative Interactions

Education Sciences, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 11(5), С. 224 - 224

Опубликована: Май 8, 2021

Argumentation is an important aspect in the field of education because its impact on learning processes. At same time, argumentation a complex activity terms cognitive, relational, emotional and social dynamics. In this paper, I investigate describe possible difficulties encountered by children during argumentative process. The study involves 25 preschool at kindergarten engaged three building tasks. tasks were video-recorded discussions transcribed. For aim analyze how are distributed among participants. select interactions which participants apparently do not argue or there differences degree participation between group. these moments impasse steps. findings show simplicity solving task (e.g., when encounter any problem completing activity) children’s self-perception their competences may have activities. Moreover, perception co-constructed within interaction. contributes to line research designing highlights role adult managing interactions.

Язык: Английский

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Inscriptions in Science Teaching: From Realism to Abstraction

Frontiers in Education, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 7

Опубликована: Июль 7, 2022

This article attempts to highlight inscriptions, i.e., photographs, drawings, diagrams, or graphs as autonomous carriers of meaning that can illuminate the different dimensions a scientific concept. In addition, examines inherent potential diverse types inscriptions be combined with each other creating conceptual sequences and thus, crafting narrative for formation For proper synthesis both naturalistic abstractive hold information complement is suggested. That is, such photographs morphological relevance their referent describing at same time everyday knowledge, well equations that, from perspective, have no linear connection are related typical visual code school knowledge. Thus, existing, transformed, novel create continuums offering logical connections between codes experience graphs, equations. From teachers students, when cooperate human body, oral language, elements space, constitute critical aspect in multimodal communication within classrooms.

Язык: Английский

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