The Study of the Cellphone Microscope Integrated into Science & Technology Curriculum: An Example of "Plant Growing" Unit in the Elementary School

• Main Authors: WANG, PIN-JHEN, 王品蓁
• Other Authors: CHOU, PAO-NAN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/k2759r

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 教育學系課程與教學碩博士班 === 106 === The study aimed to investigate the effect of the cellphone microscope integrated into science and technology curriculum on elementary school students’ learning performances. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research method. The instructional activity focusing on “plant growing” unit lasted for five weeks. Research participants were 54 third graders from two classes. Students in the experimental group used the cellphone microscope to observe and record plant growing, while students in the control group only used the cellphone picture shooting to conduct the same instructional activities. The pre-test and post-test were administered before the implementation of the experiment and after the completion of the experiment respectively. After the instructional activities, students from both groups were asked to complete the mind-mapping, in order to understand the influence of different tools on students’ learning outcomes, as well as to know the problem students encountered when using cellphone microscope and how they dealt with it. The findings of the study are as follows. 1. The findings showed that no significant difference was found on learning performances of both groups. However, improvement in students of the experimental group was more noteworthy. 2. The average of mind-mapping, the lowest score, and the highest score in the experimental group outperformed those in control group, indicating that the integration of cellphone microscope is conducive to students’ learning performance. 3. The integration of cellphone microscope on science and technology curriculum enables students to raise their learning motivation. Besides, teachers can also get more understanding during the process of students’observation and provide them assistance when necessary, saving more time wasted in drawing.