Case Study: Columbus State University revolutionizes STEM teacher training with ExploreLearning Gizmos

Columbus State University transforms STEM teaching with ExploreLearning Gizmos in 5E lessons

Columbus State University's UTeach program, which prepares future STEM teachers, sought to integrate effective technological tools into its pedagogy training. The program's master teacher, Kenneth Jones, needed a way to demonstrate inquiry-based learning to his students. He turned to ExploreLearning and its Gizmos interactive simulations to meet this challenge.

ExploreLearning's Gizmos provided the perfect solution, as their intuitive design allowed future teachers to easily incorporate them into the 5E lesson plan model for exploration and data collection. The results were highly positive; student teachers found Gizmos easy to use and an excellent tool for delivering inquiry-based instruction. The solution had a measurable impact, with one non-traditional student remarking that learning with Gizmos would have drastically improved her own earlier understanding of complex subjects. ExploreLearning successfully provided a resource that revolutionized teaching methods for these future educators.

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