Mobile Learning and STEM: Case Studies in Practice - Softcover

 
9781138817036: Mobile Learning and STEM: Case Studies in Practice
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138817031 ISBN 13: 9781138817036
Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Helen Crompton is Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

John Traxler is Professor of Mobile Learning at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, where he also directs the Learning Lab.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138817031
ISBN 13 
9781138817036
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
322
Editor
Crompton Helen