Mobile Learning and STEM

Case Studies in Practice

Helen Crompton, John Traxler

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781138817029
• eBook ISBN: 9781317596516
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

In recent years, there has been a renewed focus on STEM education in the United States, fueled by evidence that young learners' competencies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are falling behind those of their global peers.

Scholars and practitioners are beginning to utilize the new pedagogical opportunities offered by mobile learning to improve the successes of teachers and K-12 students across STEM subjects. Mobile Learning and STEM: Case Studies in Practice is a comprehensive collection of case studies that explore mobile learning's support of STEM subjects and that utilize mobile technology to facilitate unique and effective K-12 teaching and learning experiences. In addition to its focus on STEM achievement for researchers, this volume is a resource for teachers working to implement mobile learning initiatives into their classrooms.

Mobile Learning and STEM also includes research that is applicable to classrooms in nations around the world, where few students from underrepresented racial and socioeconomic backgrounds are entering into STEM jobs. Concluding with a summary of its research and its implications to future scholarship and practice, this book is a springboard for practitioners, specialists, higher education instructors, and researchers who want to establish better practices in schools and raise student achievement in STEM subjects.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction—Helen Crompton and John Traxler
• 1 Mobile Learning and STEM: First Experiences in a Senior High School in Ghana—Margarete Grimus and Martin Ebner
• 2 Using the Cameras on Mobile Phones, iPads, and Digital Cameras to Create Animations in Science Teaching and Learning—Jocelyn Wishart
• 3 Evaluating the Use of Mobile Technology in Math Education: A Case Study—Christina Gitsaki and Matthew A. Robby
• 4 The Impact of an Outdoor Mobile-Supported Learning Activity on Students’ Motivation, Perceived Performance, and Satisfaction—Stavros A. Nikou and Anastasios A. Economides
• 5 Learning to See With a Different Eye: Using the Cameras on Mobile Phones and PDAs in Science Teaching and Learning—Jocelyn Wishart, Sakunthala Yatigammana Ekanayake, and James Fernandes
• 6 Supporting Mobile Learning and Citizen Science Through iSpot—Will Woods, Kevin McLeod, and Janice Ansine
• 7 Creating Concept-Driven Videos to Promote Autonomous Learning—Alissa K. Carter
• 8 EcoMOBILE: Designing for Contextualized STEM Learning Using Mobile Technologies and Augmented Reality—Amy Kamarainen, Shari Metcalf, Tina Grotzer, and Chris Dede
• 9 Project Outbreak: Take Biology Out of the Classroom and Into the World—Farah Bennani and Kae Novak
• 10 Engaging Science Learners Through Lived Practice via a Collaborative Mobile Game—Denise M. Bressler
• 11 Mobile Learning With a Remotely Operated Science Laboratory—Donggil Song and Paul Kim
• 12 The Relationship Between Mobile Learning, Instructional Delivery, and Student Motivation in a Large Undergraduate Science Class—Kristen H. Gregory and Helen Crompton
• 13 A New Approach to Mathematics Learning K-12 in Turkey—Gonca Telli Yamamoto and Emre Firat
• 14 Integrating Two Technologies: Tablets and Teaching—Jarek Sierschynski
• 15 Embodied Learning on the Edge of Mobile —Mattias Davidsson
• 16 A Case Study of Synchronous Collaboration in Middle School Math—Billie Jean Holubz
• 17 Mobile Learning (M-Learning) as a Paradigmatic Mechanism to Facilitate Technology-Based Learning in a Developing Country—Suzaan Le Roux
• 18 Mobile Learning for Online Practical Science Modules in Higher Education—Victoria Nicholas
• 19 An Exploration into Mobile Gamification in an Information Technology Classroom—Laurie Butgereit
• 20 Towards Mobilizing Mathematics via Gamification and Mobile Applications—Ferial Khaddage and Christoph Lattemann
• Conclusion: Mobile Learning and STEM – Challenges, Conclusions, and Perspectives—John Traxler and Helen Crompton
• Contributor Biographies
• Index