WANG, PIN-CHEN
National University of Tainan Master’s Program of Curriculum and Instruction Student
Email：cyrenewang129@gmail.com
CHOU, PAO-NAN
National University of Tainan Master’s Program of Instructional Technology Associate Professor
Email：pnchou@gm2.nutn.edu.tw
Abstract
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. Students in the control group only used the cellphone picture shooting to conduct the similar instructional activities. The pre-test and post-test were administered before the implementation of the experiment and after the completion of the experiment. The findings showed that no significant difference was found on learning performances for two group students. However, a better learning improvement was identified on students in the experimental group.
Keywords :Mobile learning, cellphone microscope, Science and technology curriculum