“Interactive Tablet for Math and Science – an Indian teacher’s perspective.”

Excited to share insights from an informative case study by the British Council: "TEACHING AND TECHNOLOGY: CASE STUDIES FROM INDIA”

Why technology is being used

There is no prescribed way of working with these apps and teachers or students can use them as they want. In some cases the schools use the material to blend the teaching process. The teacher might explain a particular process then the learners can follow it up by exploring it further with the MarkSharks apps. A student at Sri Aurobindo School in Jodhpur says, ‘sometimes, when the teacher teaches us something, we don’t understand everything, but MarkSharks explains things very well, so our doubts get cleared.’

?Pratibha, the science teacher, says, ‘Science has come alive for them. We don’t have too many resources in school, especially related to science. But now we don’t really feel the need for them. Children do experiments virtually, also removing the risk element that we would otherwise have to face in a real lab.’

When a child has finished a set of materials, MarkSharks’s adaptive testing technology ensures that the test changes according to how well the learner does as they progress. The teacher gets results immediately and the students get feedback on the answers they got wrong.

The following excerpt from the case study in 2017 focuses on how tablets revolutionizes traditional teaching methods, fostering engagement and comprehension among students. From dynamic visuals to interactive quizzes, the tablets offer a myriad of tools to make learning math and science an immersive journey. #EdTech #Maths #Science #InteractiveLearning #EducationInnovation

“MarkSharks is a great option as children get to practice a number of questions of different types. Earlier we had to arrange these questions on our own, but now MarkSharks does it for us. Because of the attractive visuals, I feel that children now take more interest in the subject. Earlier children needed to be pushed to practise the questions given at the end of the textbook but found them boring and drab. But even the questions in MarkSharks look attractive, so they feel like attempting them. I think they are more focused while attempting questions in MarkSharks; their attention does not waver. Plus, I can feel a tangible improvement in their performance. Our students come from deprived backgrounds. Therefore, their interest in the subject, because of the MarkSharks program, has increased a lot”

- Hemlata (teaches Math in Gurgaon)