The world needs young people who are skillful in and enthusiastic about science and who
view science as their future career field. Ensuring that we will have such young people …

Conducting experiments fosters conceptual understanding in science education. In various
studies, combinations of real (hands-on) and virtual (computer-simulated) experiments have …

This article reviews the (quasi) experimental research of the past decade on the learning
effects of computer simulations in science education. The focus is on two questions: how use …

Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

Actualmente existe un amplio abanico de herramientas digitales que se pueden usar en la
enseñanza de la ciencia, la tecnología, la ingeniería y la matemática (las denominadas …

When people are learning complicated scientific concepts, interacting with multiple forms of
representation such as diagrams, graphs and equations can bring unique benefits …

How do people learn in subject areas, such as reading, writing, mathematics, science, and
history, and how can we help people learn, using instructional methods such as feedback …

The aim of this study was to investigate whether physical or virtual manipulative
experimentation can differentiate physics learning. There were four experimental conditions …

A large-scale, multi-year, randomized study compared learning activities and outcomes for
hands-on, remotely-operated, and simulation-based educational laboratories in an …

Parallel to the recent advancements in information and communications technologies,
research on multimedia learning has generated a number of theories and empirical findings …