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Yoon, Susan A.; Elinich, Karen; Wang, Joyce; Van Schooneveld, Jacqueline G. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
This research follows on previous studies that investigated how digitally augmented devices and knowledge scaffolds enhance learning in a science museum. We investigated what combination of scaffolds could be used in conjunction with the unique characteristics of informal participation to increase conceptual and cognitive outcomes. 307 students…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Simulated Environment, Synthesis, Information Technology
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Unlu, Zeynep Koyunlu; Dokme, Ibilge – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the combination of both analogy-based simulation and laboratory activities as a teaching tool was more effective than utilizing them separately in teaching the concepts of simple electricity. The quasi-experimental design that involved 66 seventh grade students from urban Turkish elementary…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Elementary School Students, Quasiexperimental Design
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McCarthy, Deborah – Science Scope, 2008
What do the ideas of Daniel Bernoulli--an 18th-century Swiss mathematician, physicist, natural scientist, and professor--and your students' next landing of the space shuttle via computer simulation have in common? Because of his contribution, referred in physical science as Bernoulli's principle, modern flight is possible. The mini learning-cycle…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Computer Simulation, Physics, Physical Sciences