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Download full textEmily Duwan; Francis Choi; Brian Helmuth – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2019
Virtual reality environments are becoming increasingly popular as educational tools, but it remains unclear when these environments enhance learning or when they are a distraction from the learning process. We compared two different methods for teaching ecological concepts about the rocky intertidal zone by comparing an experimental (virtual)…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Computer Simulation, Marine Education, Ecology
Peer reviewedKlahr, David; Carver, Sharon McCoy – Cognitive Psychology, 1988
Two studies (N=56) assessed an instruction program designed to teach elementary school children a complex computer-programming skill--how to debug LOGO graphics and listing-processing programs. The use of a precise computer simulation model proved to be the crux of the instructional model's success. (TJH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation
McCue, Camille; James, David – Advances in Engineering Education, 2008
This paper describes qualitative and quantitative research conducted with middle school students participating in a Future Cities Engineering course. Insights were sought regarding both affective and cognitive changes which transpired during the one-semester schedule of activities focused on modeling the infrastructure of a city built 150 years in…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Intervention, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
