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Physical and virtual laboratories in science and engineering education
(2013)
The world needs young people who are skillful in and enthusiastic about science and who view science as their future career field. Ensuring that we will have such young people requires initiatives that engage students in ...
Modeling-based learning in science education: Cognitive, metacognitive, social, material and epistemological contributions
(2012)
Models and modeling are considered integral parts of scientific literacy, reflecting educators' efforts to introduce and engage students in authentic scientific inquiry through Modeling-based Learning (MbL) approaches in ...
Investigating how graphical and textual computer-based programming environments support student inquiry in science during modeling
(2011)
In this paper we investigate the ways that a graphical and a textual Computer-based Programming Environment (CPE) support student inquiry in science during scientific modeling. We analyzed the conversations of 78 sixth-graders ...
Blending physical and virtual manipulatives: An effort to improve students' conceptual understanding through science laboratory experimentation
(2012)
This study aimed to investigate the effect of experimenting with physical manipulatives (PM), virtual manipulatives (VM), and a blended combination of PM and VM on undergraduate students' understanding of concepts in the ...
Objects, entities, behaviors, and interactions: A typology of student-constructed computer-based models of physical phenomena
(2011)
The purpose of this study was to develop a framework for analyzing and evaluating student-constructed models of physical phenomena and monitoring the progress of these models. Moreover, we aimed to examine whether this ...
Computer based learning in science
(S.N., 2003)
Comparing the influence of physical and virtual manipulatives in the context of the Physics by Inquiry curriculum: The case of undergraduate students' conceptual understanding of heat and temperature
(2008)
We compare the effect of experimenting with physical or virtual manipulatives on undergraduate students’ conceptual understanding of heat and temperature. A pre–post comparison study design was used to replicate all aspects ...
Computer based learning in science : proceedings
(Dept. of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
Enhancing Fourth Graders' Ability to Interpret Graphical Representations Through the Use of Microcomputer-Based Labs Implemented Within an Inquiry-Based Activity Sequence
(2007)
This article reports on a research effort that investigated whether the use of Microcomputer-Based Labs (MBLs), implemented within an inquiry-based activity sequence on phase transformations (melting and freezing), contributes ...