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Direct linkBrenner, Corinne; DesPortes, Kayla; Ochoa Hendrix, Jessica; Holford, Mandë – Information and Learning Sciences, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to describe the design and user testing of GeoForge, a multiple-player digital learning experience for middle school that leverages virtual reality (VR) and individualized websites for learning concepts in planetary science. This paper investigates how specific instructional design choices and features of the technology…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Web Sites, Cooperative Learning, Middle School Students
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This study examined how using two different ways of displaying the solar system--a true-to-scale mode vs. an orrery mode--affected students' knowledge of astronomical concepts. Solar system displays were presented in a software application on a handheld tablet computer. In the true-to-scale mode, users navigated a simulated three-dimensional solar…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Visual Aids
What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The 2014 study, "Conceptualizing Astronomical Scale: Virtual Simulations on Handheld Tablet Computers Reverse Misconceptions," examined the effects of using the true-to-scale (TTS) display mode versus the orrery display mode in the iPad's Solar Walk software application on students' knowledge of the Earth's place in the solar system. The…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Computer Simulation, Handheld Devices
