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Salvatore G. Garofalo – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2025
The initial learning experience is a critical opportunity to support conceptual understanding of abstract STEM concepts. Although hands-on activities and physical three-dimensional models are beneficial, they are seldom utilized and are replaced increasingly by digital simulations and laboratory exercises presented on touchscreen tablet computers.…
Descriptors: High School Freshmen, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Molecular Structure
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Yu-Hang Li; Chien-Yuan Su; Fan Ouyang – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
The use of simulations to better convey abstract scientific concepts or difficult-to-observe scientific occurrences through the manipulation of variables or virtual objects has the potential to improve student science learning. However, misconceptions or extraneous load may emerge if simulation support is insufficient. In this study, we used a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Grade 7, Science Instruction
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Trudi Lord; Paul Horwitz; Hee-Sun Lee; Amy Pallant; Christopher Lore – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2025
From the experiential learning perspective, this study investigates middle and high school students (n = 1009) who used an online module to learn about wildfire hazards, risks, and impacts through computational simulations of wildfire phenomena. These students were taught by 18 teachers in urban, rural, and suburban schools across the United…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Natural Disasters, Risk Assessment, Risk
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Amy Pallant; Hee-Sun Lee; Trudi Lord; Christopher Lore – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2025
In order to characterize students' risk assessment explanations based on the Geohazard Risk Framework, which describes four key elements of risk for high school science education, we investigate whether student explanations include the following risk elements: scientific factors, impacts, human influences, and likelihood. This study uses the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Natural Disasters, Risk Assessment, High School Students
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Cromley, Jennifer G.; Chen, Runzhi; Lawrence, LuEttaMae – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2023
The use of virtual reality (VR) in formal education has burgeoned in recent years, with enthusiastic uptake by teachers and instructors across a wide range of subject areas and academic disciplines. We conducted a systematic meta-analysis of effects of VR on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics learning from middle school through…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, STEM Education, Computer Simulation, Middle Schools
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Alstein, Paul; Krijtenburg-Lewerissa, Kim; van Joolingen, Wouter R. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2023
This article describes the design and evaluation of a simulation environment for special relativity (SR) education at the secondary level. In recent years, SR has become increasingly popular in secondary school curricula worldwide. Because the key concepts in SR are very remote from everyday experience, they are difficult for students to learn.…
Descriptors: Science Education, Secondary School Science, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Gnesdilow, Dana; Puntambekar, Sadhana – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
In this study, we compared students' learning from two conditions in a unit on inclined planes: Virtual-then-Physical (V-t-P) (n = 50), where students conducted a virtual lab followed by a physical lab, or vice versa in the Physical-then-Virtual condition (P-t-V) (n = 60). We analyzed students' written explanations after each lab focusing on…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Scientific Concepts
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Liu, Qingtang; Ma, Jingjing; Yu, Shufan; Wang, Qiyun; Xu, Suxiao – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2023
The microscopic composition of substances is a piece of essential but abstract knowledge in chemistry. Junior high school students may experience difficulty in mental representation when learning micro concepts, which leads to problems such as unsatisfactory academic performance and low learning motivation. Augmented reality (AR) is an optimal…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Grade 9, Scientific Concepts
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Ciloglu, Tahsin; Ustun, Ahmet Berk – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2023
The purpose of this study is to enhance online biology learning with mobile augmented reality (AR) applications and to assess the impact of mobile AR applications on students' motivation, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward biology learning. Students were interviewed, and the usefulness of mobile AR applications was evaluated using a…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Education, Biology
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Sun, Jerry Chih-Yuan; Ye, Syuan-Ling; Yu, Shih-Jou; Chiu, Thomas K. F. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2023
This study investigates the effect of incorporating different learning materials (paper textbooks, wearable AR material, and wearable hybrid AR/VR material) in a physics laboratory education on the situational interest, engagement, and learning performance of high school students. The study utilized a quasi-experimental research design. The…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Computer Simulation, Instructional Materials, Educational Technology
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Yunus Emre Avcu; Yavuz Yaman – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2025
The aim of the research was to explore the effect of educational interventions implemented in desktop-based VR and immersive virtual reality (IVR) settings on gifted students' nature relatedness and attitudes towards environment. A a single group pretest-posttest weak experimental model was implemented. The participants involved in the study…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Computer Simulation, Academically Gifted, Environmental Influences
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Chou, Ren-Jye; Liang, Chih-Ping; Huang, Li-yu; She, Hsiao-Ching – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
This study compared the effectiveness of online skeuomorphic physics inquiry-based learning with and without simulation on 8th-grade students' performance of scientific inquiry involving the spring unit. Two classes (58 students) were assigned to the online skeuomorphic physics inquiry-based learning with simulation, and two classes (59 students)…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Inquiry, Grade 8
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Li, Mingyang; Donnelly-Hermosillo, Dermot Francis; Click, Jennifer – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
Numerous studies illustrate the value of simulations or project-based learning approaches to enhance the learning of science. Simulations can help students connect across macroscopic, microscopic, and symbolic representations of scientific phenomena, while project-based learning can provide a meaningful narrative and activities for students to…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Sequential Approach, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
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Tshering Dorji; Sumitra Subba; Tshering Zangmo – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
This study employed a non-equivalent quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test control-group design to study the effect of the PhET simulation intervention on students' engagement, satisfaction, and academic achievement in the learning of direct current electric circuit concepts among Bhutanese students. We analysed the pre- and post-test scores and…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Learner Engagement, Student Satisfaction
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Chih-Ming Chen; Ming-Chaun Li; Chia-Cheng Tu – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
It is difficult for students to learn the concepts of chemical laboratory safety education from actual experiences because the traditional teaching model prohibits students from performing dangerous operations. Therefore, this study develops a novel mixed reality-based chemistry experiment learning system (MRCELS) to allow learners to conduct…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Procedures
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