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http://dx.doi.org/10.15267/keses.2019.38.2.275

The Features of Inquiry Activities Using Technology in Elementary Science Digital Textbook - Focusing on the Cases of Using Virtual Experiment, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality -  

Chang, Jina (Curtin University)
Park, Joonhyeong (Curtin University)
Song, Jinwoong (Seoul National University)
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Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education / v.38, no.2, 2019 , pp. 275-286 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the features of inquiry activities using technology in the 2015 revised elementary science digital textbooks. For this, we analyzed the features of inquiry context and inquiry method presented in inquiry activities using three kinds of technology: Virtual experiment, virtual reality and augmented reality. As a result, firstly, the most common types of 77 inquiry activities were realistic type which shows the phenomenon actually and vividly as possible and realistic-abstract type which shows the phenomena with the abstract concepts. Second, the ways of using three technologies were different depending on the processes of inquiry and the sub-domains of science. For example, virtual experiment technologies were mostly used in the contents of physics and chemistry with the inquiry context of realistic-abstract type for investigating the relationship between variables of experiments and describing the phenomena mechanically. On the other hand, virtual reality and augmented reality techniques tended to be used more frequently in biology and earth science contents with the inquiry context of realistic type for observing and describing the phenomena. Finally, we discussed educational implications in terms of developing and applying technology-based inquiry activities.
Keywords
science inquiry; technology; virtual experiment; virtual reality; augmented reality;
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