Physics Education Improves When Students Make Their Own Computer Models
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 23:14
in Psychology & Sociology
A current trend in secondary science education is for students to learn by discovering for themselves how things work. Computer modeling is a teaching method that fits in nicely with this trend and also with new learning objectives such as scientific literacy, inquiry-based learning and active involvement. Researchers have demonstrated that computer modeling is particularly useful for learning complex structures but less effective for learning simple facts.