The Role of Computer Simulation in an Inquiry-Based Learning Environment: Reconstructing Geological Events as Geologists
The Role of Computer Simulation in an Inquiry-Based Learning Environment: Reconstructing Geological Events as Geologists
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计算机模拟在基于探究的学习环境中的作用：作为地质学家重建地质事件
DOI：
10.1007/s10956-011-9330-3
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Y. Yeh
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作者：
Li Lin;Y. Hsu;Y. Yeh
几位研究人员调查了计算机模拟对学生学习的影响。然而，很少有人关注真实情境下的模拟如何影响学生的探究技能。因此，为了本研究的目的，我们开发了一个嵌入真实探究课的计算机模拟（化石sim）。化石sim将实地调查的数据与地质规律相结合，以确定地质事件的顺序。研究人员从两个实验中收集数据，以检验九年级学生利用化石模拟软件重建地质事件序列的能力。实验1和2的样本组分别为58名和11名九年级学生。结果表明，真实的探究课促进了学生探究技能的发展。此外，FossilSim在引导学生应用地质规律、进行多尺度观测、理清地质年代观念等方面发挥了重要作用。
Several researchers have investigated the effects of computer simulations on students’ learning. However, few have focused on how simulations with authentic contexts influences students’ inquiry skills. Therefore, for the purposes of this study, we developed a computer simulation (FossilSim) embedded in an authentic inquiry lesson. FossilSim integrated data from real field investigations with geological laws for identifying the sequence of geological events. Data were collected from two experiments to examine ninth graders’ abilities for reconstructing a sequence of geological events with the aid of FossilSim. The sample groups in Experiments 1 and 2 were 58 and 11 ninth graders, respectively. The results indicated that the authentic inquiry lesson promoted the development of students’ inquiry skills. In addition, FossilSim played a key role in engaging students to apply geological laws, make multi-scale observations, and clarify their ideas about geological time.