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VCL lesson pattern pairing student-centered experiment design with process evaluation

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Description

Table 2 enumerates the design characteristics the authors built into the VCL: configuration information that inquires into prior knowledge and adapts lab experiences to daily life; student-centered learning through individual or group decision making, open-ended questions during experiments, and interactive experimentation; a teacher role of starting with an interesting question; planning through multimedia with students selecting inventory and equipment; and evaluation by comparing students' prior knowledge with the experiment result at the end. Free science experiments can be done in class or at home using VCL.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Students select the inventory and all equipment before beginning an experiment
  • Predictions and data are recorded in the VCL at the predict and observation steps

Constraints

  • The pattern was implemented and observed only for the chemical changes unit in 9th-grade chemistry

Target Learners

  • 9th-grade secondary school chemistry students

Learning Goals

  • Constructing knowledge of chemical changes actively
  • Relating experiments to daily life

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Zeynep Tatli & Alipasa Ayas. (2012). Virtual Chemistry Laboratory: Effect of Constructivist Learning Environment. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE, 13(1). https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tojde
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title VCL lesson pattern pairing student-centered experiment design with process evaluation
description Table 2 enumerates the design characteristics the authors built into the VCL: configuration information that inquires into prior knowledge and adapts lab experiences to daily life; student-centered learning through in...
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