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Paz, Concepción; Suárez, Eduardo; Cabarcos, Adrián; Gil, Christian – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
Fluid Mechanics is one of the most complex branches of science to learn. Traditionally, it has been taught from a positivism point of view. However, the latest technologies have led to the creation of new educational tools based on a constructivism approach as a complement to conventional teaching. This paper addresses the development of a course…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Learning Theories, Constructivism (Learning)
Wilensky, Uri – 2001
The use of programming language was studied in an eighth grade science classroom. The goal of the EMERGE curriculum is to enable students to understand the global patterns that they observe. EMERGE was used in an eighth-grade classroom of 12 students, with a range of abilities (3 had learning disabilities), in 21 sessions over 3 months. For the…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Learning, Programming Languages
Kafai, Yasmin B.; Ching, Cynthia Carter; Marshall, Sue K. – 1998
This paper presents and discusses the results of a project in which seven teams of fifth and sixth grade students were involved in designing and implementing interactive multimedia resources in science for younger children, using the Microworlds(TM) Logo programming environment. It was found that students improved significantly in their science…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Software Development, Cooperative Learning, Courseware