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written by Dedra Demaree, Stephen Stonebraker, Wenhui Zhao, and Lei Bao

Physicists consider laboratories to be a vital part of any introductory course, yet The Ohio State University's existing labs are not meeting their educational goals and students consistently rate them as having low value. This paper explores some of the reasons that standard introductory physics laboratories are not having the expected impact, and describes the implementation of Virtual Reality based experiments to improve upon lab effectiveness. Student response to these experiments and preliminary results regarding their impact on student learning will be discussed.

Physics Education Research Conference 2004
Part of the PER Conference series
Sacramento, California: August 4-5, 2004
Volume 790, Pages 93-96

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Published: September 1, 2005

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education - Applied Research - Curriculum Development = Laboratory - Technology = Computers Education - Basic Research - Assessment	- Lower Undergraduate - Graduate/Professional	- Reference Material = Research study

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Restriction:: © 2004 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.2084709
NSF Numbers:: 0087788; 0126070
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Gm; 01.50.Pa
Keywords:: PERC 2004, educational courses, laboratories, laboratory, student experiments, student learning, virtual reality based experiments
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Record Updated:: July 8, 2013 by Lyle Barbato

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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=9540">Demaree, D, S. Stonebraker, W. Zhao, and L. Bao. "Virtual reality in introductory physics laboratories." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California, August 4-5, 2004.</a>

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D. Demaree, S. Stonebraker, W. Zhao, and L. Bao, Virtual reality in introductory physics laboratories, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California, 2004, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9540&DocID=2874>.

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Demaree, D., Stonebraker, S., Zhao, W., & Bao, L. (2004, August 4-5). Virtual reality in introductory physics laboratories. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9540&DocID=2874

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Demaree, D, S. Stonebraker, W. Zhao, and L. Bao. "Virtual reality in introductory physics laboratories." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California, August 4-5, 2004. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9540&DocID=2874 (accessed 18 March 2025).

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Demaree, Dedra, Stephen Stonebraker, Wenhui Zhao, and Lei Bao. "Virtual reality in introductory physics laboratories." Physics Education Research Conference 2004. Sacramento, California: 2004. 93-96 Vol. 790 of PER Conference. 18 Mar. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9540&DocID=2874>.

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