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T1 Design and usability evaluation of a mobile app for elementary school inquiry‐based science learning
A1 Yánez Pérez, Iraya
A1 Toma, Radu Bogdan
A1 Meneses Villagrá, Jesús Ángel
K1 Elementary education
K1 ICT resource
K1 IndagApp
K1 Inquiry
K1 Usability
K1 Tecnología educativa
K1 Educational technology
K1 Educación primaria
K1 Education, Primary
K1 Planificación educativa
K1 Educational planning
AB Teachers often struggle to implement inquiry-based science teaching. To support them, IndagApp—a 3D educational app that offers curriculum-aligned, inquiry-based lesson plans—was designed. The app is rooted in the inquiry phases recommended in best-practices literature, which arguably align with most international standards. This study describes IndagApp and evaluates its usability with fifth-graders from two elementary schools in Spain (N = 43). The system usability scale (SUS) and the Pictorial-SUS were used to collect students' feedback on usability. Both frequentist and Bayesian analyses were conducted to compare the mean SUS score with established benchmarks for usability. The results showed that IndagApp had high usability ratings, with most students rating it as the “Best imaginable” or “Good.” The mean SUS score was 84.816, which was significantly higher than the benchmark score of 68. There were no differences in usability between girls and boys, and students in private and public schools. These findings suggest that IndagApp is a valuable resource for inquiry learning in elementary grades and has significant implications for science education and science teacher professional development, as it helps teachers adopt reform-oriented teaching practices that align with the curricular standards and goals.
PB Wiley
SN 0036-6803
YR 2024
FD 2024-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10369
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10369
LA eng
NO Agencia Estatal de Investigación,Grant/Award Number:PID2020-117348RB-I00 -10.13039/501100011033
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 01-abr-2025