A Study of High School Students' Performance of a Chemistry Experiment within the Virtual World of Second Life

Autor/inn/en	Winkelmann, Kurt; Scott, Matthew; Wong, Deborah
Titel	A Study of High School Students' Performance of a Chemistry Experiment within the Virtual World of Second Life
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 91 (2014) 9, S.1432-1438 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI	10.1021/ed500009e
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Secondary School Science; Science Instruction; Science Laboratories; Educational Technology; Computer Uses in Education; Simulated Environment; Computer Simulation; Grades (Scholastic); Science Experiments; Hands on Science; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Reports; Kinetics; Grade 11; Chemistry; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Künstliche Umwelt; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Notenspiegel; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Kinetik; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Chemie
Abstract	A small group of high school students performed a virtual laboratory experiment in Second Life that mimicked a real experiment in both its appearance and procedure. Lab report grades were equivalent to report grades for hands-on experiments, and the quality of students' results was similar. Results of an attitudinal survey show that students expressed similarly favorable views of the hands-on and virtual experiments, and they found that report writing was equally challenging for both types of experiments. The virtual experiment required significantly less time to complete. The quality of the students' results and their responses to the survey demonstrate that a laboratory exercise in Second Life may be a feasible alternative to an experiment in a real laboratory setting. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10