E-Learning Materials' Creation and Application Methodology Development for Lower Chemistry Secondary Education in Latvia
Abstract
Study authors created an approach with the help of the Uzdevumi.lv platform's editor that provided virtually unlimited opportunity to individualise calculations, solve problems studying chemistry and to realise competence tests. After national class 10 diagnostic test calculation tasks' results analysis downgrade tendency was detected.
At the same time students' interest in e-learning platforms for chemistry education is increasing. Author cooperated with 250 students (class 8 and 9) and 10 teachers with different pedagogical experience to research opportunities of ICT tools in performing calculation tasks' solving competence and checking results, principle of memorisation and basics of algorithms for calculation tasks.
As the main instrument for methodology the Uzdevumi.lv task editor was used because of the possibility to create calculation tasks with condition variations to increase diversity and individualised approach to each student. By using 3 different algorithms combined with 5 physical quantity calculations 268 tasks and 1722 common variations of tasks were created. Methodology has been tested and evaluated as recommended to use in Latvian schools to increase students' calculation tasks and solving skills in chemistry courses for lower chemistry secondary education level.