Using Tablets to Teach for Understanding in the Sixth Grade Social Studies Classroom

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Author(s): Nancye Blair Black (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 22
Source title: Tablets in K-12 Education: Integrated Experiences and Implications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Heejung An (William Paterson University, USA), Sandra Alon (William Paterson University, USA)and David Fuentes (William Paterson University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6300-8.ch007

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Technologies in K-12 Education

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In contrast to traditional teaching methods and rote memorization techniques that have led to shallow student learning in middle grades social studies, this chapter explores the capacity for a tablet-enriched implementation of the Teaching for Understanding framework to facilitate deeper student understanding and knowledge construction within the sixth grade social studies curriculum. Based on the outlined tablet-infused teaching and learning strategies, not only would the learning of social studies be improved by use of the framework itself, but the additional leverage of tablets and apps would provide a dynamic, student-friendly platform for successfully executing the framework's four elements: a generative topic, understanding goals, performances of understanding, and ongoing assessment. Moreover, a tablet-enriched implementation of the framework uniquely extends opportunities for effective learning through a broad range of inquiry, collaboration, and product-creation activities in the sixth grade social studies classroom.

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