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Esmail Mohebbi – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2025
Microsoft Excel and Access are widely used in introductory courses designed to teach the fundamentals of spreadsheet and relational database modeling skills in various disciplines. To achieve the targeted learning outcomes, instructors of these courses strive to provide students with guided, frequent, and incrementally fruitful practice with the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Spreadsheets, Computer Simulation
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Moya, A. A. – Physics Education, 2018
The introduction of electric circuit simulation software for undergraduate students in a general physics course is proposed in order to contribute to the constructive learning of electric circuit theory. This work focuses on the lab exercises based on dc, transient and ac analysis in electric circuits found in introductory physics courses, and…
Descriptors: Equipment, Simulation, Computer Software, Science Instruction
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Olic Ninkovic, Stanislava; Adamov, Jasna – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2023
3D holograms are an effective tool for visualization, and their utilization in chemistry teaching can be beneficial in improving learning outcomes. However, studies on students' opinions about holograms in chemistry teaching and learning are scarce. The research aimed to examine the views of chemistry students on the application of 3D holograms in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Organic Chemistry, Foreign Countries
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Duffy, Andrew G. – Physics Teacher, 2021
In the teaching and learning of physics, simulations have many applications. Simulations can help to illuminate concepts (such as the motion of electrons in electric or magnetic fields) that cannot usually be seen with the unaided eye, or to slow down things that happen over short time periods or at high speeds. They can also be used to help…
Descriptors: Physics, Introductory Courses, Computer Software, Scientific Concepts
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Kaltcheva, Nadia; Nenkova, Maia – Physics Education, 2021
Many introductory astronomy courses include concepts related to basic stellar properties. In general, these are concepts that originate from the human perception of starlight. This observational aspect is not easy to incorporate in the classroom. We explore if these concepts could be developed using the built-in data in a planetarium software.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Introductory Courses, Astronomy, Computer Software
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Regester, Jeff; McGahee, Courtney – Physics Teacher, 2019
A planetarium is an invaluable tool for teaching introductory astronomy, but one that few astronomy educators have ready access to. Here we describe a do-it-yourself planetarium that can be built with modest funding. There have been other planetarium construction projects described in the literature and online, most of which use cardboard to make…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Astronomy, Introductory Courses
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Thornton, Timothy; Lammi, Matthew – Journal of Technology Education, 2021
The purpose of the study was to explore the effects of augmented reality (AR) in an introductory engineering graphics course. The study specifically examined the potential for AR to affect the spatial visualization ability of students and influence student motivation. This study included 50 students from an introductory engineering graphics course…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Design, Engineering Education
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Ladino, L. A. – Physics Education, 2020
In this work we discuss the intricacies of a simulation using the MS Excel spreadsheet that allows to study in detail the process of heat transfer between two reservoirs at different temperatures through a conducting rod when heat losses are neglected. The proposed physical model computes the time dependence of the reservoir temperatures and…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Simulation, Spreadsheets
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Zhou, Yiqiu; Kang, Jina – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2022
The complex and dynamic nature of collaboration makes it challenging to find indicators of productive learning and quality collaboration. This exploratory study developed a collaboration metric to capture temporal patterns of joint attention (JA) based on log files generated as students interacted with an immersive astronomy simulation using…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Problem Solving, Science Instruction, Cooperative Learning
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Gordon, Sheldon P.; Gordon, Florence S. – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2018
This article illustrates ways that dynamic software using some sophisticated techniques in Excel can be used to demonstrate fundamental ideas related to regression and correlation analysis to increase student understanding of the concepts and methods in elementary statistics courses and in courses at the college algebra/precalculus level that…
Descriptors: Visualization, Regression (Statistics), Correlation, Computer Software
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Legacy, Chelsey; Zieffler, Andrew; Fry, Elizabeth Brondos; Le, Laura – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2022
The influx of data and the advances in computing have led to calls to update the introductory statistics curriculum to better meet the needs of the contemporary workforce. To this end, we developed the COMputational Practices in Undergraduate TEaching of Statistics (COMPUTES) instrument, which can be used to measure the extent to which computation…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Introductory Courses, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods
Budgett, Stephanie; Pfannkuch, Maxine – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2016
This report summarises the research activities and findings from the TLRI-funded project entitled "Visualising Chance: Learning Probability Through Modelling." This exploratory study was a 2-year collaboration among two researchers, two conceptual software developers/interactive graphics experts, three university lecturers/practitioners,…
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Mathematical Models, Computer Software
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Zhang, Xuemao; Maas, Zoe – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2019
The use of computer simulations in the teaching of introductory statistics can help undergraduate students understand difficult or abstract statistics concepts. The free software environment R is a good candidate for computer simulations since it allows users to add additional functionality by defining new functions. In this paper, we illustrate…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Probability
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Porter, C. D.; Smith, J. R. H.; Stagar, E. M.; Simmons, A.; Nieberding, M.; Orban, C. M.; Brown, J.; Ayers, A. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in using virtual reality (VR) technology to benefit instruction, especially in physics and related subjects. As VR devices improve and become more widely available, there remains a number of unanswered questions regarding the impact of VR on student learning and how best to use this technology in the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Video Games, Computer Simulation
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Noll, Jennifer; Clement, Kit; Dolor, Jason; Kirin, Dana; Petersen, Matthew – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2018
Initial research has shown that simulating data from models created with computer software may enhance students' understanding of concepts in introductory statistics; yet, there is little research investigating students' development of statistical models. The research presented here examines small groups of students as they develop a model for a…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Models, Computer Software
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