The Impact of Virtual Lab Learning Experiences on 9th Grade Students' Achievement and Their Attitudes towards Science and Learning by Virtual Lab

Autor/inn/en	Ambusaidi, Abdullah; Al Musawi, Ali; Al-Balushi, Sulaiman; Al-Balushi, Khadija
Titel	The Impact of Virtual Lab Learning Experiences on 9th Grade Students' Achievement and Their Attitudes towards Science and Learning by Virtual Lab
Quelle	In: Journal of Turkish Science Education, 15 (2018) 2, S.13-29 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1304-6020
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Computer Simulation; Science Laboratories; Learning Experience; Middle School Students; Grade 9; Science Achievement; Scientific Attitudes; Laboratory Training; Science Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Positive Attitudes; Females; Single Sex Schools; Pretests Posttests; Achievement Tests; Attitude Change; Learning Motivation; Oman + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Lernerfahrung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Laborkunde; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Unterrichtserfolg; Weibliches Geschlecht; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation
Abstract	Laboratories are important environments in science teaching. There is no doubt that the employment of technology in these environments may change the learning of science, especially as the technology has made its way into nearly every aspect of daily life. This study aimed to investigate the impact of using virtual labs on students' achievement and as well as their attitudes towards science and learning by virtual lab. Achievement pre and posttest and attitudes scale towards science were examined for 69 students divided into two control and experimental groups. Another attitude scale towards virtual labs was only administered to the experimental group. The results indicate that the virtual lab has no impact on students' academic achievement or their attitudes towards science. The results show that the students had overall positive attitudes toward learning by virtual lab. Some recommendations and suggestions are proposed to develop effective learning of science. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01