Students reported that the virtual-lab lesson made learning fun, helped them figure out concepts themselves, and supported thinking like real scientists¶

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q1 i? In qualitative survey excerpts and informal interviews, students said the lesson was fun and made them think rather than just listen and remember. → Loo Kang WEE 2015 q1 i? Students reported the lab let them figure out concepts themselves and that identifying trends first hand helped them remember and learn independently. → 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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Qualitative survey excerpts and informal interviews from the laboratory lessons, thematised by the author under headings such as active learning can be fun and need experience to understand. This student excerpt illustrates the fun-and-thinking theme; no quantitative analysis is reported.

""The lesson was fun and makes us think instead of just listen[ing] to teacher and remember[ing] whatever the teacher said"."

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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Student interview excerpt in the theme simulation can support inquiry learning and thinking like real scientist: the student describes looking at results, analyzing and finding trends, and gaining "confidence and a sense of accomplishment when the conclusions we arrive at are correct".

""These kinds of lesson force us to think critically. It makes us look at the results, analyze and then find the trend within, which is a really good way to learn independently.""

Discussion¶

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