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Investigating an Intervention to Support Computer Simulation Use in Whole-Class Teaching
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Rutten, Nico; van Joolingen, Wouter R.; van der Veen, Jan T. – Learning: Research and Practice, 2016
Going beyond simply measuring the effectiveness of a teaching approach with computer simulations during whole-class science instruction, we investigated the interaction between teachers and their students as well as searched for mechanisms in the pedagogical context related to teachers' implementation of the intervention. Our quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Intervention, Computer Simulation, Class Activities
Inquiry-Based Whole-Class Teaching with Computer Simulations in Physics
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Rutten, Nico; van der Veen, Jan T.; van Joolingen, Wouter R. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
In this study we investigated the pedagogical context of whole-class teaching with computer simulations. We examined relations between the attitudes and learning goals of teachers and their students regarding the use of simulations in whole-class teaching, and how teachers implement these simulations in their teaching practices. We observed…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Computer Simulation, Statistical Analysis, Teaching Methods
The Learning Effects of Computer Simulations in Science Education
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Rutten, Nico; van Joolingen, Wouter R.; van der Veen, Jan T. – Computers & Education, 2012
This article reviews the (quasi)experimental research of the past decade on the learning effects of computer simulations in science education. The focus is on two questions: how use of computer simulations can enhance traditional education, and how computer simulations are best used in order to improve learning processes and outcomes. We report on…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Learning Processes, Science Education, Conventional Instruction
The Relation between Students' Epistemological Understanding of Computer Models and Their Cognitive Processing on a Modelling Task
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Sins, Patrick H. M.; Savelsbergh, Elwin R.; van Joolingen, Wouter R.; van Hout-Wolters, Bernadette H. A. M. – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
While many researchers in science education have argued that students' epistemological understanding of models and of modelling processes would influence their cognitive processing on a modelling task, there has been little direct evidence for such an effect. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relation between students' epistemological…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Computer Simulation, Cognitive Processes, Epistemology
The Relation of Learners' Motivation with the Process of Collaborative Scientific Discovery Learning
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Saab, Nadira; van Joolingen, Wouter R.; van Hout-Wolters, B. H. A. M. – Educational Studies, 2009
In this study, we investigated the influence of individual learners' motivation on the collaborative discovery learning process. In this we distinguished the motivation of the individual learners and had eye for the composition of groups, which could be homogeneous or heterogeneous in terms of motivation. The study involved 73 dyads of 10th-grade…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Discovery Learning, Cooperative Learning, Secondary School Students
The Effect of External Representation on Constructing Computer Models of Complex Phenomena.
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Lohner, Simone; van Joolingen, Wouter R.; Savelsbergh, Elwin R. – Instructional Science, 2003
Compares dyads of secondary school physics students working on a collaborative modeling task using a text-based model representation, in which correct equations are required to make the model run, with others using a graphical representation, in which the model is build by qualitatively linking variables. (MES)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Cooperative Learning, High Schools
Supporting Hypothesis Generation by Learners Exploring an Interactive Computer Simulation.
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van Joolingen, Wouter R.; de Jong, Ton – Instructional Science, 1992
Discussion of computer simulations used for exploratory learning focuses on the design of a hypothesis scratchpad that students can use for hypothesis generation and testing. An experiment with college chemistry students that compared three versions of the scratchpad is described, and the effect of the scratchpads on learning environments is…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation