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Taramopoulos, A.; Psillos, D. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2017
The present study investigates the impact of utilizing virtual laboratory environments combining dynamically linked concrete and abstract representations in investigative activities on the ability of students to comprehend simple and complex phenomena in the field of electric circuits. Forty-two 16- to 17-year-old high school students participated…
Descriptors: Energy, Computer Simulation, High School Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Liou, Wei-Kai; Bhagat, Kaushal Kumar; Chang, Chun-Yen – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2016
The present study compares the highly interactive cloud-classroom (HIC) system with traditional methods of teaching materials science that utilize crystal structure picture or real crystal structure model, in order to examine its learning effectiveness across three dimensions: knowledge, comprehension and application. The aim of this study was to…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Bumbacher, Engin; Salehi, Shima; Wierzchula, Miriam; Blikstein, Paulo – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015
Studies comparing virtual and physical manipulative environments (VME and PME) in inquiry-based science learning have mostly focused on students' learning outcomes but not on the actual processes they engage in during the learning activities. In this paper, we examined experimentation strategies in an inquiry activity and their relation to…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, College Students, Predictor Variables
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Hilbelink, Amy J. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
Results of a study designed to determine the effectiveness of implementing three-dimensional (3D) stereo images of a human skull in an undergraduate human anatomy online laboratory were gathered and analysed. Mental model theory and its applications to 3D relationships are discussed along with the research results. Quantitative results on 62 pairs…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Multivariate Analysis, Anatomy, Science Achievement