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Magana, Alejandra J.; Balachandran, Sadhana – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2017
Electromagnetism is an umbrella encapsulating several different concepts like electric current, electric fields and forces, and magnetic fields and forces, among other topics. However, a number of studies in the past have highlighted the poor conceptual understanding of electromagnetism concepts by students even after instruction. This study aims…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Hands on Science, Magnets, Scientific Concepts
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Jang, Eunice Eunhee; Lajoie, Susanne P.; Wagner, Maryam; Xu, Zhenhua; Poitras, Eric; Naismith, Laura – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2017
Technology-rich learning environments (TREs) provide opportunities for learners to engage in complex interactions involving a multitude of cognitive, metacognitive, and affective states. Understanding learners' distinct learning progressions in TREs demand inquiry approaches that employ well-conceived theoretical accounts of these multiple facets.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Simulation, Patients
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Varutharaju, Elengovan; Ratnavadivel, Nagendralingan – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2014
Purpose: The study aimed to explore, describe and analyse the design and implementation of clinical simulation as a pedagogical tool in bridging the deficiency of higher order thinking skills among para-medical students, and to make recommendations on incorporating clinical simulation as a pedagogical tool to enhance thinking skills and align the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Simulation, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation
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Nichols, Kim; Hanan, Jim; Ranasinghe, Muditha – Research in Science Education, 2013
This study used an interactive dynamic simulation of action potential to explore social practices of learning among first year undergraduate biology students. It aimed to create a learning environment that fosters knowledge building discourse through working with multiple concept-specific representations. Three hundred and eighty-nine students and…
Descriptors: Biology, Foreign Countries, Experimental Groups, Tutors