| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 理學院科技與數位學習學程 === 101 === In this study, Digital Story Telling (DST) was applied in social studies for the 5th graders to work out their own DST projects. Based on meta-cognitive theory, the 5th-graders applied what they learned in social studies to make their own digital stories.
The study was undertaken with action research. The participants of the study were thirteen 5th graders in an elementary school in Tainan City. It took 18 classes, 720 minutes in total to complete the teaching. The researcher was both the designer and the instructor in this study. The quantitative data collected in the manner of feedback questionnaires were analyzed for the learning effectiveness and attitude of the students. All the data about the interviews with the students, teaching journals, video records and students’ work were served for the qualitative analysis.According to the aim and outcome of the research, the researcher concluded as follows,
1.Learing effectiveness:
(1)DST applied in the projects of social studies helped to motivate students’ learning and boost their interest.
(2) DST applied in the projects of social studies helped to improve students’ IT ( Information Technology ) capability.
(3) DST applied in the projects of social studies was helpful for students’ creativeness.
(4) DST applied in the projects of social studies helped students to improve their problem-solving capability.
(5) DST applied in the projects of social studies helped students to cooperate and interact with each other.
2. Teacher’s Growth
(1) The teacher improved his teaching profession.
(2) The teacher improved his IT application capability.
(3) The teacher learned his weakness and improved himself from the practice.
The conclusions of the research were served as suggestions for teaching as well as future research.
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