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Wong, Wing-Kwong; Chen, Kai-Ping; Chang, Hong-Ming – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2020
This research aimed to explore the effects of a virtual lab (VL) and a Microcomputer-based Lab (MBL) on students' performance in scientific modeling. A web-based virtual lab and a low-cost MBL were proposed to help first-year engineering students build scientific models. Empirical research was done in a slope motion experiment. The participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Laboratories, Computer Simulation, Educational Technology
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Lin, Jang-Long; Cheng, Meng-Fei; Chang, Ying-Chi; Li, Hsiao-Wen; Chang, Jih-Yuan; Lin, Deng-Min – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate how learning materials based on Science Magic activities affect student attitudes to science. A quasi-experimental design was conducted to explore the combination of Science Magic with the 5E Instructional Model to develop learning materials for teaching a science unit about friction. The participants…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
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Liu, Shu-Chiu – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2006
The paper is an extended work from a previous study on Taiwanese and German students' conceptions of the universe (Liu, 2005). The study revealed that students discuss astronomical events and entities based on a mental model of universe and their models of the universe seem to have similar underlying principles with historical ones. In present…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Student Attitudes, Scientific Concepts, Science History