Effect of a Virtual Chemistry Laboratory on Students' Achievement

Autor/inn/en	Tatli, Zeynep; Ayas, Alipasa
Titel	Effect of a Virtual Chemistry Laboratory on Students' Achievement
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 16 (2013) 1, S.159-170 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Science Laboratories; Chemistry; Computer Uses in Education; Science Achievement; Grade 9; Secondary School Science; Comparative Analysis; Science Instruction; Computer Software; Educational Technology; Virtual Classrooms; Foreign Countries; Pretests Posttests; Semi Structured Interviews; Observation; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Chemie; Computernutzung; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Ausland; Beobachtung; Türkei
Abstract	It is well known that laboratory applications are of significant importance in chemistry education. However, laboratory applications have generally been neglected in recent educational environments for a variety of reasons. In order to address this gap, this study examined the effect of a virtual chemistry laboratory (VCL) on student achievement among 90 students from three different ninth-grade classrooms (an experimental group and two control groups). Study data were gathered with pre and post chemical-changes unit achievement (CCUA) Test, laboratory equipment test (LET), and unstructured observations. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS (version 16.0). Comparisons were made within and between groups. It was concluded that the developed virtual chemistry laboratory software is at least as effective as the real laboratory, both in terms of student achievement in the unit and students' ability to recognize laboratory equipment. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10