Presented at the SMEC & SAILS Conference “Thinking Assessment in Science & Mathematics” which was held on 24-25 June 2014 in the Dublin City University in Ireland. Poster: Inquiry Based Learning in Primary Education: A Case Study Using Mobile Digital Science Lab The objectives of this inquiry based learning project were to engage students in inquiry learning using lab disks, to promote students' collaborative inquiry thinking skills and to apply modern assessment techniques such as peer assessment, rubric and concept map. Watch the interview: http://www.sails-project.eu/portal/resource/interview-george-stefanidis-inquiry-based-learning-primary-education

1. Department of Digital Systems
University of Piraeus
Computer Supported Learning
Engineering Laboratory
Inquiry Based Learning in
Primary
Educa-on:
A
Case
Study
Using
Mobile Digital Science Lab
Petropoulou O., Retalis S.,Psaromiligkos I., Stefanidis G., Loi S.
University
of
Piraeus,
Department
of
Digital
Systems,
Greece
using
Stimulus &
Hypothesis
Experimenting
Conclusions &
Formative
Feedback
Consolidation &
Summative
Evaluation
• summarise
their
recordings
• teams
return
to
their
ini?al
hypotheses
-­‐
feedback
connec?on
This
project
has
received
funding
from
the
European
Union’s
Seventh
Framework
Programme
for
research,
technological
development
and
demonstra?on
under
grant
agreement
no
289085
Ø
engage
students
in
inquiry
learning
using
lab
disks
Ø
promote
students'
collabora2ve
inquiry
thinking
skills
Ø
apply
modern
assessment
techniques
(peer
assessment,
rubric,
concept
map)
Objectives
• Measurements
in
groups.
• Use
of
Labdisc
• Different
Time
Zones
• Different
Places
• Sea
environment
• Mountain
environment
• School
Environment
• Everyday
life
• Peer
assessment
• Rubric
evalua?on
• Individual
Performance
Results & Conclusions
q
Apprecia?on
of
the
use
of
a
different
learning
approach.
q
Posi?ve
respond
using
a
digital
mobile
disc
as
a
tool
for
making
their
measurements.
q
u?lising
Inquiry
Based
Learning
ac?vi?es
greatly
improved
the
process
of
restructuring
the
students’
primary
ideas.