Investigating children's deep learning of the tree life cycle using mobile technologies

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Highlights：

• The mobile application was designed to support children learning about trees at a nature center.

• We investigated children's problem-solving strategies to identify and capture the stages of the tree cycle.

• With the external representation provided by mobile tablets, children engaged in deep science learning in an outdoor setting.

摘要

•The mobile application was designed to support children learning about trees at a nature center.•We investigated children's problem-solving strategies to identify and capture the stages of the tree cycle.•With the external representation provided by mobile tablets, children engaged in deep science learning in an outdoor setting.

论文关键词：Problem solving,Mobile learning,Informal learning,Educational affordance

论文评审过程：Received 14 August 2017, Revised 27 March 2018, Accepted 8 April 2018, Available online 13 April 2018, Version of Record 19 July 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.04.020