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| Abstract Title: | Comparing the Effect of Simulations and Hands on Activities on Student Learning* |
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| Abstract: | Often computer simulation environments present students with an idealized version of the real world which can affect students' conceptual understanding. Here we investigate the effects of completing an experiment in mechanics using this ideal world as compared to an identical experiment in the real world. Students in three of five conceptual physics laboratory sections completed the hands-on experiment while the other two sections performed the experiment virtually. Each section performed a pulley experiment. The experiments were conducted in the context of a unit on simple machines from the CoMPASS curriculum which integrates hypertext based concept maps in a design-based context. We will present at data from pre-, mid- and post-tests and written responses on worksheets completed by the students during the activities. * This work is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences Award R305A080507. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Adrian Carmichael Kansas State University 116 Cardwell Manhattan, KS 66502 Phone: (785) 532-7167 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Jacquelyn J. Chini, N. Sanjay Rebello Department of Physics, Kansas State University Sadhana Puntambekar Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
