2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a new cooperating system in science education which stimulate discussions among students

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23501069
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Science education
Research Institution	Okayama University
Principal Investigator	INADA Yoshihiko 岡山大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 教授 (80273572)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	実験•観察 / データロガー / 画面共有システム / 科学的議論 / ICT
Research Abstract	The new system, which can stimulate discussions among students in science education class, is developed in this research. This system can work to develop the ability to reach a conclusion through the scientific discussion in the next generation of science education. The system consists of data logger system, the VNC screen sharing system with eight laptop PC (tablet PC) and a center PC, two LCD projectors and a Wi-Fi router. This system is flexible about equipment updating. In the trial lecture for school teacher training and for university students, it was confirmed that comments and speaking among them increased in frequency. It has the effect of increasing the sense of participation to the lesson. A next problem is to develop the construction of lessons which are suitable for this system.