ERIC Number: EJ1436503
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9266
EISSN: EISSN-2157-6009
Contribution of 3D Modelling and Printing to Learning in Primary Schools: A Case Study with Visually Impaired Students from an Inclusive Biology Classroom
Journal of Biological Education, v58 n4 p795-811 2024
Contemporary education adopts various new visualisation techniques for content to be learned. Recently, research on the application of 3D modelling and printing (3DMP) has been expanding. However, as the latest literature reviews indicate, little research is available on the contribution of 3DMP to learning of students with blindness (SWB) and students without disabilities (SWOD). This research aims to fill the gap through an exploratory case study, conducted in an inclusive Biology classroom in a primary school. Eight SWOD and four SWB (12 years old) participated in the study. The focus of the research was on pre-interventional and post-interventional students' knowledge about cells, and students' views on using 3DMP in Biology education. The data was analysed using Grounded Theory. The results indicate that 3DMP contributes to students' learning by improving the ability to enumerate, describe, and visualise the cell and its parts, by remediating some of the students' misconceptions and by increasing communication within a classroom. In terms of encountered obstacles, SWB noted that the quality of 3D models could cause new misconceptions. Adjusting the ratio, positioning and scaling of printed objects, inaccuracy in printing, and long printing process, are some of the problems which students encounter in 3DMP.
Descriptors: Models, Elementary School Science, Biology, Science Education, Printing, Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Accessibility (for Disabled), Learning Processes, Case Studies, Blindness, Misconceptions, Intervention, Communication Skills, Influence of Technology, Usability, Outcomes of Education, Educational Innovation, Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Cytology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Montenegro
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