One approach to finding evidence for the effectiveness of scientific visualisations in high school physics and chemistry education


Autoria(s): Geelan, David; Mukherjee, Michelle
Contribuinte(s)

Siemens, George

Fulford, Catherine

Data(s)

22/06/2009

Resumo

Enormous amounts of money and energy are being devoted to the development, use and organisation of computer-based scientific visualisations (e.g. animations and simulations) in science education. It seems plausible that visualisations that enable students to gain visual access to scientific phenomena that are too large, too small or occur too quickly or too slowly to be seen by the naked eye, or to scientific concepts and models, would yield enhanced conceptual learning. When the literature is searched, however, it quickly becomes apparent that there is a dearth of quantitative evidence for the effectiveness of scientific visualisations in enhancing students’ learning of science concepts. This paper outlines an Australian project that is using innovative research methodology to gather evidence on this question in physics and chemistry classrooms.

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/46634/

Publicador

AACE

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/46634/1/2009_Geelan_Mukherjee_proceeding_31947.pdf

http://www.editlib.org/p/31947

Geelan, David & Mukherjee, Michelle (2009) One approach to finding evidence for the effectiveness of scientific visualisations in high school physics and chemistry education. In Siemens, George & Fulford, Catherine (Eds.) Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, AACE, Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, pp. 3258-3263.

Direitos

Copyright 2009 David Geelan & Michelle Mukherjee

Fonte

School of Curriculum; Faculty of Education

Palavras-Chave #130200 CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY #130212 Science Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy #130300 SPECIALIST STUDIES IN EDUCATION #130306 Educational Technology and Computing #visualisations #physics #chemistry #conceptual development
Tipo

Conference Paper