Web-Based, Interactive Learning Helps Middle Schoolers Excel in Science @ Study

Web-Based, Interactive Learning Helps Middle Schoolers Excel in Science @ Study

A new study shows that web-based learning tools in the classroom promote science literacy for underachieving students.

Middle schoolers did better with science lessons when they could learn online, watching videos, playing educational games, running virtual experiments and collaborating with classmates. Under-achievers did especially well, with access to pop-up vocabulary definitions, interactive diagrams, digital note-taking, watching videos with captions and access to text-to-speech that allowed them to hear information read aloud to them.

The science units designed for the project aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards for grades 6, 7 and 8. The four units covered 10 to 14 weeks of daily instruction and included:

• Knowing My Body (life science);
• Caring for Our Planet (life science);
• Our Place in the Universe (earth and space science); and
• Energy: Going Beyond the Sports Drink (physical science)

Teacher resources offered detailed lesson plans, ideas for how to scaffold the activities onto background knowledge, student assessment reports and tables that showed how each unit aligned with NGSS and state learning standards.

Study Available @ http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09500693.2018.1432915

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