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Effects of a Prior Virtual Experience on Students’ Interpretations of Real Data
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Jacquelyn J. Chini, Adrian Carmichael, Elizabeth Gire, N. Sanjay Rebello, and Sadhana Puntambekar
Our previous work has shown that experimentation with virtual manipulatives supports students' conceptual learning about simple machines differently than experimentation with physical manipulatives [1]. This difference could be due to the "messiness" of physical data from factors such as dissipative effects and measurement uncertainty. In this study, we ask whether the prior experience of performing a virtual experiment affects how students interpret the data from a physical experiment. Students enrolled in a conceptual-based physics laboratory used a hypertext system to explore the science concepts related to simple machines and performed physical and virtual experiments to learn about pulleys and inclined planes. Approximately half of the students performed the physical experiments before the virtual experiments and the other half completed the virtual experiments first. We find that using virtual manipulatives before physical manipulatives may promote an interpretation of physical data that is more productive for conceptual learning.
Physics Education Research Conference 2010
Part of the PER Conference series Portland, Oregon: July 21-22, 2010 Volume 1289, Pages 97-100
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![]() <a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=10395">Chini, J, A. Carmichael, E. Gire, N. Rebello, and S. Puntambekar. "Effects of a Prior Virtual Experience on Students’ Interpretations of Real Data." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010.</a>
![]() J. Chini, A. Carmichael, E. Gire, N. Rebello, and S. Puntambekar, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 2010, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10395&DocID=1866).
![]() J. Chini, A. Carmichael, E. Gire, N. Rebello, and S. Puntambekar, Effects of a Prior Virtual Experience on Students’ Interpretations of Real Data, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 2010, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10395&DocID=1866>.
![]() Chini, J., Carmichael, A., Gire, E., Rebello, N., & Puntambekar, S. (2010, July 21-22). Effects of a Prior Virtual Experience on Students’ Interpretations of Real Data. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon. Retrieved February 9, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10395&DocID=1866
![]() Chini, J, A. Carmichael, E. Gire, N. Rebello, and S. Puntambekar. "Effects of a Prior Virtual Experience on Students’ Interpretations of Real Data." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10395&DocID=1866 (accessed 9 February 2025).
![]() Chini, Jacquelyn, Adrian Carmichael, Elizabeth Gire, N. Sanjay Rebello, and Sadhana Puntambekar. "Effects of a Prior Virtual Experience on Students’ Interpretations of Real Data." Physics Education Research Conference 2010. Portland, Oregon: 2010. 97-100 Vol. 1289 of PER Conference. 9 Feb. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10395&DocID=1866>.
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Author = "Jacquelyn Chini and Adrian Carmichael and Elizabeth Gire and N. Sanjay Rebello and Sadhana Puntambekar",
Title = {Effects of a Prior Virtual Experience on Students’ Interpretations of Real Data},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2010},
Pages = {97-100},
Address = {Portland, Oregon},
Series = {PER Conference},
Volume = {1289},
Month = {July 21-22},
Year = {2010}
}
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