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Chang, Hsin-Yi – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
The purpose of this study is to investigate how three teachers guided their students to learn science using interactive dynamic visualizations incorporated in an inquiry digital unit. The results show that the teachers' guidance varied in frequency, occasion, and content type. Each teacher demonstrated a different instructional approach in…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Visualization, Electronic Learning
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Chang, Hsin-Yi; Zhang, Zhihui H.; Chang, Shu-Yuan – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2014
Efforts to make effective use of technology offer a promising direction for science education research. In this study, we investigated how a teacher and students used an inquiry-based, visualization-focused chemistry unit. The chemistry unit was designed for American students and takes advantage of dynamic, interactive computer visualizations.…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Visualization, Curriculum Development, Chemistry
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Chang, Hsin-Yi; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
Powerful online visualizations can make unobservable scientific phenomena visible and improve student understanding. Instead, they often confuse or mislead students. To clarify the impact of molecular visualizations for middle school students we explored three design variations implemented in a Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE) unit on…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Science Education, Visualization, Middle School Students