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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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Meibauer, Gustav; Aagaard Nøhr, Andreas – Journal of Political Science Education, 2018
This article is about designing and implementing PowerPoint-based interactive simulations for use in International Relations (IR) introductory undergraduate classes based on core pedagogical literature, models of human skill acquisition, and previous research on simulations in IR teaching. We argue that simulations can be usefully employed at the…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
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Kohnle, Antje; Benfield, Cory; Hahner, Georg; Paetkau, Mark – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
The QuVis Quantum Mechanics Visualization Project provides freely available research-based interactive simulations with accompanying activities for the teaching and learning of quantum mechanics across a wide range of topics and levels. This article gives an overview of some of the simulations and describes their use in an introductory physical…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Computer Simulation, Science Instruction, Physics
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Saldanha, Luis – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2016
This article reports on a classroom teaching experiment that engaged a group of high school students in designing sampling simulations within a computer microworld. The simulation-design activities aimed to foster students' abilities to conceive of contextual situations as stochastic experiments, and to engage them with the logic of hypothesis…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Computer Simulation, High School Students, Hypothesis Testing
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Alsadoon, Abeer; Prasad, P. W. C.; Beg, Azam – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
Making the students understand the theoretical concepts of digital logic design concepts is one of the major issues faced by the academics, therefore the teachers have tried different techniques to link the theoretical information to the practical knowledge. Use of software simulations is a technique for learning and practice that can be applied…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Technology, Computer Simulation, Student Surveys
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Zhou, Shaona; Han, Jing; Pelz, Nathaniel; Wang, Xiaojun; Peng, Liangyu; Xiao, Hua; Bao, Lei – European Journal of Physics, 2011
Interest in computer-based learning, especially in the use of virtual reality simulations is increasing rapidly. While there are good reasons to believe that technologies have the potential to improve teaching and learning, how to utilize the technology effectively in teaching specific content difficulties is challenging. To help students develop…
Descriptors: Cues, Computer Simulation, Physics, Motion
Johnson, H. Dean; Evans, Marc A. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2008
Understanding the concept of the sampling distribution of a statistic is essential for the understanding of inferential procedures. Unfortunately, this topic proves to be a stumbling block for students in introductory statistics classes. In efforts to aid students in their understanding of this concept, alternatives to a lecture-based mode of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Intervals, Computer Software, Sampling
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Edsall, Robert; Wentz, Elizabeth – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2007
Two experiments investigating the benefit of computer-based applications in geography education are presented. The computer-based methods employ concepts of visualization, including animation and interactivity, to facilitate active learning. These computer-based methods are compared with physical (i.e. tangible) models, which themselves can be…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Learning Strategies, Visualization, Active Learning
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Jensen, Murray S. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1998
Speculates on the place of computers and defining the student-computer relationship within the context of biology education. Discusses the value of computer simulations. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, College Curriculum, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education