Enhancing Students' Scientific Literacy Using Interactive Simulations: A Critical Literature Review

Autor/inn/en	Fan, Xinxin; Geelan, David
Titel	Enhancing Students' Scientific Literacy Using Interactive Simulations: A Critical Literature Review
Quelle	In: Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 32 (2013) 2, S.125-171 (47 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0731-9258
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Science Teachers; Secondary School Science; Scientific Literacy; Literature Reviews; Computer Simulation; Science Achievement; Technology Uses in Education; Constructivism (Learning); Epistemology; Instructional Effectiveness; Outcomes of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Erkenntnistheorie; Unterrichtserfolg; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	Secondary school science teachers have a wide variety of teaching approaches available to them as they support the development of their students' scientific literacy and knowledge of, and about, science. Information technologies, on computers and other devices, offer potentially valuable ways to supplement this "toolkit" of teaching approaches. This paper critically surveys the research literature exploring the ways in which teachers are using computer-based interactive simulations to enhance their students' scientific literacy and enable students to meet science learning goals. A variety of issues arise from this survey of the literature, and an approach to characterizing the purposes and outcomes of the use of interactive simulations is outlined. Fields in which future research is likely to be fruitful are also discussed. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10