When learning about the real world is better done virtually: A study of substituting computer simulations for laboratory equipment
This paper examines the effects of substituting a computer simulation for real laboratory equipment in the second semester of a large-scale introductory physics course. The direct current circuit laboratory was modified to compare the effects of using computer simulations with the effects of using r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2005-10-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research |
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| Online Access: | http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRSTPER/v1/e010103 |