STEM TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL: A SCOPING REVIEW
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The integration of digital technologies in the school context has now become a necessary and fundamental process in daily teaching practices. In particular, innovative technologies such as the so-called X-Reality are particularly effective to promote student learning, to encourage the acquisition of skills and interest in scientific disciplines. Based on these premises, the purpose of this literature search is to outline the state of the art of the use of X-Realities in STEM education in the context of secondary school, to understand the benefits, the critical aspects and the challenges to be faced in this field. To respond to the Research Questions, a scoping review was conducted on the Scopus and ERIC databases according to the PRISMA method. Following the selection process, 10 articles were included in the analysis. The results of this literature search therefore highlight how the use of AR and VR in STEM teaching offers many opportunities for learning concepts and acquiring scientific skills. At the same time, however, an accurate balancing of these positive effects with the related risks is also required, in order to allow a critical and conscious use of these innovative technologies.
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Arnold, J. C., Kremer, K., & Mayer, J. (2014). Understanding Students' Experiments—What kind of support do they need in inquiry tasks?. International Journal of Science Education, 36(16), 2719-2749.
Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated cognition and the culture of learning. Educational researcher, 18(1), 32-42.
Cai, S., Liu, C., Wang, T., Liu, E., & Liang, J. C. (2021). Effects of learning physics using Augmented Reality on students’ self‐efficacy and conceptions of learning. British Journal of Educational Technology, 52(1), 235-251.
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del Cerro Velázquez, F., & Morales Méndez, G. (2021). Application in augmented reality for learning mathematical functions: A study for the development of spatial intelligence in secondary education students. Mathematics, 9(4), 369.
Coiro, J., Castek, J., & Quinn, D. J. (2016). Personal inquiry and online research: Connecting learners in ways that matter. The Reading Teacher, 69(5), 483-492.
Cuomo, S., Luzzi, D., Roffi, A. & Ranieri, M. (2022). Immersive Environments in Higher Education: the Digital Well-Being Perspective. In ATEE Spring Conference Proceedings. Accepted.
Fidan, M., & Tuncel, M. (2019). Integrating augmented reality into problem based learning: The effects on learning achievement and attitude in physics education. Computers & Education, 142, 103635.
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Ibáñez, M. B., & Delgado-Kloos, C. (2018). Augmented reality for STEM learning: A systematic review. Computers & Education, 123, 109-123.
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Makransky, G., Petersen, G. B., & Klingenberg, S. (2020). Can an immersive virtual reality simulation increase students’ interest and career aspirations in science?. British Journal of Educational Technology, 51(6), 2079-2097.
Melo, C., Madariaga, L., Nussbaum, M., Heller, R., Bennett, S., Tsai, C. C. & van Braak, J. (2020). Editorial: Educational technology and addictions. Computers & Education, 145 (2020) 103730.
Moher, D., Liberati, A., Tetzlaff, J., Altman, D. G. & The PRISMA Group. (2009). Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000097.
Niittymäki, N., Christopoulos, A., & Laakso, M. J. (2021) Mobile Virtual Reality in Secondary Education: An Exploratory Study in the Course of Biology. In 2021 44th International Convention on Information, Communication and Electronic Technology (MIPRO) (pp. 595-600). IEEE.
Pedaste, M., Mäeots, M., Siiman, L. A., De Jong, T., Van Riesen, S. A., Kamp, E. T., ... & Tsourlidaki, E. (2015). Phases of inquiry-based learning: Definitions and the inquiry cycle. Educational research review, 14, 47-61.
Pellas, N., Kazanidis, I., & Palaigeorgiou, G. (2020). A systematic literature review of mixed reality environments in K-12 education. Education and Information Technologies, 25(4), 2481-2520.
Petrov, P. D., & Atanasova, T. V. (2020). The Effect of augmented reality on students’ learning performance in stem education. Information, 11(4), 209.
Ranieri, M., Bruni, I. & Luzzi, D. (2020). Introducing 360-degree video in higher education: An overview of the literature, In EDEN Conference Proceedings, No. 1, pp. 345-353.
Ranieri, M. (2022). Competenze digitali per insegnare. Modelli e proposte operative. Carrocci Editore. ISBN: 9788874668991
Ranieri, M., Luzzi, D., Cuomo, S., & Bruni, I. (2022). If and how do 360-degree videos fit into education settings? Results from a scoping review of empirical research. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. DOI: 10.1111/jcal.12683
Roffi, A., Cuomo, S., Ranieri, M. (2021). Using Augmented and Virtual Reality for teaching scientific disciplines. IUL RESEARCH, vol. 2, pp. 185-201, ISSN:2723-9586.
Shu, Y., & Huang, T. C. (2021). Identifying the potential roles of virtual reality and STEM in Maker education. The Journal of Educational Research, 114(2), 108-118.
Tomara, M., & Gouscos, D. (2019). A case study: visualizing coulomb forces with the aid of augmented reality. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 57(7), 1626-1642.
Weng, C., Otanga, S., Christianto, S. M., & Chu, R. J. C. (2020). Enhancing students’ biology learning by using augmented reality as a learning supplement. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 58(4), 747-770.