Mark Enfield, associate professor of education, is currently working with Jayne Woodruff, third-grade teacher at Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary School, to teach a problem-based learning science unit on the human body systems.
Mark Enfield, associate professor of education, is currently working with Jayne Woodruff, third-grade teacher at Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary School, to teach a problem-based learning science unit on the human body systems.
Specifically, the project will involve planning and teaching integrated elementary curriculum that will have science as a unifying theme and involve multimedia authoring. In the study, the researcher will develop and implement integrated curriculum. Thus, one dimension of the research involves the researcher’s experiences planning and teaching as well as the created materials.
In addition, students will use iPads and probeware to support their investigation as well as document their understandings. The goal will be for students to develop multimedia reports of their understandings from science focused integrated instructional units. This will create another set of data that includes students’ work as well as interviews and survey data. This research focuses on both teacher and students’ understandings of science and how science knowledge is communicated.