Story-based virtual experiment environment

Ming Xiang Fan, Rita Kuo, Maiga Chang, Jia Sheng Heh

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    Abstract

    Science education is important for students developing critical thinking skills. How to engage students in science learning becomes an important issue. This research aims to design a virtual laboratory for students practicing science process skills. Moreover, the virtual laboratory uses story to raise students’ learning motivation and uses a problem-solving procedure to navigate students while solving scientific problems. To verify the usefulness of the virtual laboratory, this research has conducted an experiment with 31 grade-10 participants. The experiment results show that students believe the virtual laboratory is useful for them in learning Physics. Since students’ past Physics grades do not influence their intention of using the virtual laboratory, the story-based virtual laboratory can help both of low and high academic students in science learning and assist them establish their science process skills.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Educational Technology
    Pages175-198
    Number of pages24
    Edition9783662444467
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Educational Technology
    Number9783662444467
    ISSN (Print)2196-4963
    ISSN (Electronic)2196-4971

    Keywords

    • Model for problem-solving activity
    • Science education
    • Science process skills
    • Storytelling
    • Virtual experiment
    • Virtual laboratory

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