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ERIC Number: EJ590332
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
The Integration of Computer Simulation and Learning Support: An Example from the Physics Domain of Collisions.
de Jong, Ton; Martin, Ernesto; Zamarro, Jose-Miguel; Esquembre, Francisco; Swaak, Janine; van Joolingen, Wouter R.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v36 n5 p597-615 May 1999
Discusses a case study on discovery learning with a computer simulation environment in the physics domain of collisions. Finds that providing assignments with the simulation improves students' performance on one aspect of an intuitive-knowledge test. Contains 43 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Simulation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Mechanics (Physics), Microworlds, Models, Motion, Physics, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Spain