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Computer simulations to classrooms: Tools for change
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Noah S. Podolefsky, Katherine Perkins, and Wendy K. Adams
This paper situates PhET computer simulations (sims) in a socio-cultural-historical context. Sims are cultural tools designed to embody certain norms and practices of the physics community, particularly learning through exploration. We focus on interactions between three scales of tools: representations, materials, and environments. We examine critical features of tools across these three scales which support student learning through engaged exploration. We support our claims with data from studies of use of sims in introductory physics laboratories.
Physics Education Research Conference 2009
Part of the PER Conference series Ann Arbor, Michigan: July 29-30, 2009 Volume 1179, Pages 233-236
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![]() Podolefsky, N, K. Perkins, and W. Adams. "Computer simulations to classrooms: Tools for change." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 29-30, 2009. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9491&DocID=1365 (accessed 16 February 2025).
![]() Podolefsky, Noah S., Katherine Perkins, and Wendy Adams. "Computer simulations to classrooms: Tools for change." Physics Education Research Conference 2009. Ann Arbor, Michigan: 2009. 233-236 Vol. 1179 of PER Conference. 16 Feb. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9491&DocID=1365>.
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Title = {Computer simulations to classrooms: Tools for change},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2009},
Pages = {233-236},
Address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan},
Series = {PER Conference},
Volume = {1179},
Month = {July 29-30},
Year = {2009}
}
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