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A Multi-User Virtual Environment for Building and Assessing Higher Order Inquiry Skills in Science
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Ketelhut, Diane Jass; Nelson, Brian C.; Clarke, Jody; Dede, Chris – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
This study investigated novel pedagogies for helping teachers infuse inquiry into a standards-based science curriculum. Using a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) as a pedagogical vehicle, teams of middle-school students collaboratively solved problems around disease in a virtual town called River City. The students interacted with "avatars" of…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Virtual Classrooms, Science Education, Science Curriculum
Use Your Own Computer Timer: Velocity of Stress Waves in a Solid Rod.
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Russell, David – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1997
Describes how to measure the penultimate laboratory speed, a stress wave velocity in a solid rod. Also includes background information on stress waves, apparatus, and procedures. Employs a homemade interface for the IBM platform. (DDR)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Interfaces, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Map-IT! A Web-Based GIS Tool for Watershed Science Education.
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Curtis, David H.; Hewes, Christopher M.; Lossau, Matthew J. – 1999
This paper describes the development of a prototypic, Web-accessible GIS solution for K-12 science education and citizen-based watershed monitoring. The server side consists of ArcView IMS running on an NT workstation. The client is built around MapCafe. The client interface, which runs through a standard Web browser, supports standard MapCafe…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Hands on Science