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

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

Nancye Blair Black
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781466663008|ISBN10: 1466663006|EISBN13: 9781466663015
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6300-8.ch007
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Black, Nancye Blair. "Using Tablets to Teach for Understanding in the Sixth Grade Social Studies Classroom." Tablets in K-12 Education: Integrated Experiences and Implications, edited by Heejung An, et al., IGI Global, 2015, pp. 91-112. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6300-8.ch007

APA

Black, N. B. (2015). Using Tablets to Teach for Understanding in the Sixth Grade Social Studies Classroom. In H. An, S. Alon, & D. Fuentes (Eds.), Tablets in K-12 Education: Integrated Experiences and Implications (pp. 91-112). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6300-8.ch007

Chicago

Black, Nancye Blair. "Using Tablets to Teach for Understanding in the Sixth Grade Social Studies Classroom." In Tablets in K-12 Education: Integrated Experiences and Implications, edited by Heejung An, Sandra Alon, and David Fuentes, 91-112. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6300-8.ch007

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Abstract

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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