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Peer reviewedHounshell, Paul B.; Hill, Stanford R., Jr. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
This study examined the impact of a biology course emphasizing computer simulation on student achievement and student attitudes toward science. The students in the experimental group were placed in a class limited to 16 students to have 2 students to each computer. (YP)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Peer reviewedLajoie, Susanne P.; Lavigne, Nancy C.; Guerrera, Claudia; Munsie, Steven D. – Instructional Science, 2001
BioWorld is a computer-based environment for the high school biology curriculum that provides a hospital simulation where students can apply what they have learned to solve problems about diseases. Analyses of student actions and verbal dialogue were conducted to pinpoint within BioWorld that were most conducive to learning and scientific…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Critical Thinking
