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Janetta Adelle Robins Boone – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation aimed to expand knowledge and practical uses of educational technology tools in high-stakes team training environments. This study depicted the real-world impacts of virtual reality (VR) technology on learning and training for the Royal New Zealand Police Academy and those training teams in high-stakes environments.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Police Education, Police
Esther Putman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Human space exploration is entering a new era through the design of missions that venture further from earth for longer durations, such as missions to the Moon and Mars. Mission success during long duration exploration missions (LDEM) requires astronauts to flawlessly execute exceptionally complex skills across a multitude of tasks, presenting new…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Training, Space Exploration, Skill Development
Jason Webb – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The goal of this qualitative study was to answer the question: How do educators make sense of learning in virtual reality? This study utilized multimedia learning theory and cognitive load theory to explore how educators understand virtual reality in education. Pre- and post-interviews as well as a VR experience were conducted with 13 educators…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Multimedia Instruction
Maria Carmen R. Lagalante – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Cognitive load is the effort needed to process and store information in memory and can be measured via subjective, physiological, and performance methods. Virtual reality learning environments (VRLEs) enhance science aptitude and motivate students to pursue science careers. Cognitive load is divided into three types: intrinsic, extraneous, and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Science Education, Difficulty Level, Cognitive Processes
Vichuda Hunter – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Chemistry is considered a difficult subject by most students. Its difficulty lies in Chemistry's complex and abstract nature. This highly abstract nature requires constant interplay and coordination between the macroscopic, particulate, and symbolic representations. Experts can successfully navigate the various representations without overloading…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Laboratory Experiments, Computer Simulation, Chemistry
Leveraging Simulation to Understand Nursing Student Learning in Technologically Complex Environments
Deborah Rojas – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Introduction: The adoption of simulation technologies in schools of nursing has increased significantly over the last 5 years. Results regarding the use of simulation technology have been positive. The use of simulation technologies has been developed to include complex nursing situations that resemble real clinical settings. Research has…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Nursing Education, Simulation
Danielle Eve Schneider – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Immersive virtual reality as a tool in the middle-school classroom is a promising avenue to aid in cognitively challenging tasks requiring access to visual processes. As these tools become ever present in society, the expectation of school districts to include them into classroom curricula has become challenging, as there is inconsistent data…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Middle Schools, Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education
R. Thomas Richardson – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study tested the proposition that the Augmented Reality Sandbox's (ARS) user-interaction from tactile sensory feedback and a realistic 3D perspective improved topographic map comprehension among novice users with reduced cognitive load compared to the same instruction and practice from a 2D topographic map. Undergraduate students were…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
Boyd, James L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this quasi-experimental quantitative study was to investigate whether online interactive simulations would provide a positive improvement in learners' ability to apply critical thinking skills in a dangerous work environment. The course in which an improvement in critical thinking skills was the target outcome was a course which…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Retention (Psychology), Online Courses, Training
Pan, Edward A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is a national focus. Engineering education, as part of STEM education, needs to adapt to meet the needs of the nation in a rapidly changing world. Using computer-based visualization tools and corresponding 3D printed physical objects may help nontraditional students succeed in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, STEM Education, Manipulative Materials
Chen, Yu-Chien – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive system that allows users to interact with virtual objects and the real world at the same time. The purpose of this dissertation was to explore how AR, as a new visualization tool, that can demonstrate spatial relationships by representing three dimensional objects and animations, facilitates students to…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Visualization, Spatial Ability, Animation
Simon, Nicole A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Virtual laboratory experiments using interactive computer simulations are not being employed as viable alternatives to laboratory science curriculum at extensive enough rates within higher education. Rote traditional lab experiments are currently the norm and are not addressing inquiry, Critical Thinking, and cognition throughout the laboratory…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Science Laboratories, Teaching Methods