Cheng-Hung Ke｜Teacher, Kangning Elementary School, Taipei City｜bbsroot@yahoo.com.tw
Yu-Ling Lu｜Professor, Department of Science Education, National Taipei University of Education, Taipei City｜yllu@tea.ntue.edu.tw
▌Abstract
The purposes of this study were to understand: (1) Students’ scientific competences improvement when they were taught with a “Simple Machine” situated e-learning module, which is designed by a teaching material developing system—UeBond. The module was used as an after-class teaching aid after students had had their formal class learning. (2) Students’ learning feedbacks toward the situated e-learning module.
The subjects of this study were 50 sixth-graders. After learning the “simple machine” unit in the conventional class, students were taught with the e-learning module which was used as after-class teaching aid. The evaluation instruments included “Assessment of Scientific Competences” and “Students’ Perception toward Game-based E-learning”. Descriptive statistics and t-test were used for data analysis. Based on the findings, the suitability of the module as an after-class teaching aid was evaluated. The results of this study were:
I. Students gain significantly higher scores on scientific competences, in terms of scientific concepts, scientific explanation, and scientific inquiry after the treatment.
II. Students also show positive feedbacks towards the situated e-learning.
Based on these results, it is suggested that the Simple Machine” situated e-learning module is suitable for using in after-class as a teaching aid.
Keywords: Learning Effectiveness, Scientific Competencies, Simple Machine, Situated E-earning