MBL?
I believe children learn better through active engagement. Active engagement in the classroom is made possible if the children participate in activities carried out during the lesson. This active engagement I believe can put children to a learning exercise which requires both mind and body to be presence at the same time so that the children can attempt for full concentration in class. This is derived from the fact that children are kinaesthetic. They love to do things. This is where the learning takes place when the children can make a connection between what the teachers are lecturing about and they response to it by doing things that reflect their understandings. One of the computer-based technologies which supports this fact is “Microcomputer-Based Laboratory (MBL)”. Children are taken to a field trip and they can record the data straight away in their palmtop without going to and fro from home and the field trip everyday to acquire and record the data. The results of their actions can be seen instantaneously; this supports the idea aforementioned and thus, making science laboratory experiments an enjoying activity. I do not say that science laboratory experiments without MBL is completely useless but MBL in a way does provide sort of a new way of making science laboratory experiments more enjoyable. Children are actively involved in their learning as they feel responsible of every minute action they take while engaging themselves in experimenting does count for the end results.
Posted in: on Monday, September 15, 2008 at at 11:39 PM
