Children
trained to think logically grasp subject clearly
Saturday March 12, 2011 01:48:01 PM,
IANS
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London: Children who
are trained to think and act logically develop clearer
understanding of a subject, says a new study.
The research project led by The University of Nottingham and The
Open University has shown that school children who investigated
science topics of interest to them gained an understanding of good
scientific practice.
The study shows that this method of 'personal inquiry' could be
used to help children develop the skills needed to weigh
misinformation in the media and help them make better personal
decisions on issues, including diet and health.
The three-year project involved providing pupils aged 11 to 14 at
Hadden Park High School in Bilborough, Nottingham, and Oakgrove
School in Milton Keynes with a new computer toolkit named nQuire,
now available as a free download for teachers and schools,
according to a Nottingham statement.
Running on both desktop PCs and handheld notebook-style devices,
the software is a
high-tech twist on the traditional lesson plan - guiding the
pupils through devising and
planning scientific experiments, collecting and analysing data and
discussing the
results.
The pupils were given wide themes for their studies but were asked
to decide on more specific topics that were of interest to them,
including heart rate and fitness, micro climates, healthy eating,
sustainability and the effect of noise pollution on birds.
Said Professor Mike Sharples, who led the project at Nottingham:
"Mobile devices such as smartphones and netbooks are sophisticated
scientific instruments, with built-in cameras, voice recorders and
location sensors."
"The children quickly learned how to use the nQuire toolkit to
follow investigations," he added.
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