Some students found the guided-inquiry worksheet activities insufficiently thought-provoking and the data exchange troublesome¶

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q1 i? Student feedback indicated the activity worksheet did not generate much thinking or concept understanding, mainly presenting values to copy. → Loo Kang WEE 2015 q1 i? Students also reported that exchanging data in the worksheet activities was troublesome, though the virtual lab hastened learning. → Loo Kang WEE 2015 (2)

Evidence¶

Loo Kang WEE 2015¶

Loo Kang WEE. (2015). One-Dimensional Collision Carts Computer Model and its Design Ideas for Productive Experiential Learning. http://iwant2study.org/ospsg/index.php/interactive-resources/physics/02-newtonian-mechanics/02-dynamics/46-one-dimension-collision-js-model

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A student comment from the qualitative survey results, thematised by the author under need for strong inquiry learning activities. It is a single quoted perception; no quantitative measure of worksheet quality is reported.

""The activity worksheet did not generate much thinking and concept understanding, just simply presents a set of values to copy to get the answers"."

Loo Kang WEE 2015 (2)¶

Loo Kang WEE. (2015). One-Dimensional Collision Carts Computer Model and its Design Ideas for Productive Experiential Learning. http://iwant2study.org/ospsg/index.php/interactive-resources/physics/02-newtonian-mechanics/02-dynamics/46-one-dimension-collision-js-model

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Another student comment in the same theme, noting the virtual lab hastened learning while data exchange in the worksheet activities was troublesome. Qualitative, single-lesson feedback with no supporting statistics.

""It [virtual lab] helps hasten the process of learning but the exchange of data [in the worksheet activities] is troublesome"."

Discussion¶

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