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Direct linkWagh, Aditi; Wilensky, Uri – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2018
Extensive research has shown that one of the benefits of programming to learn about scientific phenomena is that it facilitates learning about mechanisms underlying the phenomenon. However, using programming activities in classrooms is associated with costs such as requiring additional time to learn to program or students needing prior experience…
Descriptors: Evolution, Programming, Computer Uses in Education, Comparative Analysis
Subramaniam, Karthigeyan – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2016
This paper describes a qualitative study that investigated the nature of the participation structures and how the participation structures were organized by four science teachers when they constructed and communicated science content in their classrooms with computer technology. Participation structures focus on the activity structures and…
Descriptors: Participation, Science Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Golick, Douglas A.; Heng-Moss, Tiffany M.; Steckelberg, Allen L.; Brooks, David. W.; Higley, Leon G.; Fowler, David – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2013
The purpose of the study was to determine whether undergraduate students receiving web-based instruction based on traditional, key character, or classification instruction differed in their performance of insect identification tasks. All groups showed a significant improvement in insect identifications on pre- and post-two-dimensional picture…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Students, Web Based Instruction
Peer reviewedWindschitl, Mark – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1997
Describes a study that examined the relationships in achievement between members of dyads who were paired according to epistemological maturity. Each dyad engaged in a photosynthesis simulation exercise. Also examines the relationship between individual students' epistemological maturity and their understanding of photosynthesis. Contains 24…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedHartel, Hermann – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2000
Discusses xyZET, a simulation program that allows 3D-space in numerous experiments in basic mechanics and electricity and was developed to support physics teaching. Tests course material for 11th grade at German high schools under classroom conditions and reports on their stability and effectiveness. (Contains 15 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
Goldstein, Jessica; Puntambeka, Sadhana – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
This study was designed to contribute to a small but growing body of knowledge on the influence of gender in technology-rich collaborative learning environments. The study examined middle school students attitudes towards using computers and working in groups during scientific inquiry. Students attitudes towards technology and group work were…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Middle School Students, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes
