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Download full textWaugh, Michael L. – 1986
Designed to investigate whether or not science teachers can positively influence student achievement in, and attitude toward, science, this study focused on a specific teaching strategy and utilization of a computer-based simulation. The software package used in the study was the simulation, Volcanoes, by Earthware Computer Services. The sample…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Peer reviewedWhitmer, John C. – Science Teacher, 1990
Described is the generation of a scale model of the solar system and the milky way galaxy using a computer spreadsheet program. A sample spreadsheet including cell formulas is provided. Suggestions for using this activity as a teaching technique are included. (CW)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Earth Science
Wiser, Marianne – 1986
Two classroom studies, one conducted in the spring of 1985 and the second in the spring of 1986, showed that many high school students do not differentiate between heat and temperature; instead, they have a single concept that contains some of the features of heat and some of the features of temperature. Because the distinction between these two…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation
