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- Title
Learning Oceanography from a Computer Simulation Compared with Direct Experience at Sea.
- Authors
Winn, William; Stahr, Frederick; Sarason, Christian; Fruland, Ruth; Oppenheimer, Peter; Yen-Ling Lee
- Abstract
The article presents a study on learning oceanography from a computer simulation. The study was conducted to compare what a class of oceanography students learned through direct experience by spending a day on a research vessel and what a second class of students learned from a computer simulation that allowed them to gather and analyze the same data as the students at sea. The study focused on students learning about the oceanography of Puget Sound, a fjord and estuary system entirely within the state of Washington, on the shores of which lies Seattle. Students were divided in two introductory oceanography classes. The students took part in the study for three sessions of the class, the first and third of which covered identical material, taught by the same instructors, using the same strategies and activities. Results concluded that there was no difference in overall learning between students who used the Virtual Puget Sound simulation and those who studied the same material in the field. Differences were found between the groups for types of knowledge best learned from one or the other experience.
- Subjects
PUGET Sound (Wash.); WASHINGTON (D.C.); OCEANOGRAPHY; COMPUTER simulation; SCIENCE education; OCEAN sounds; EDUCATIONAL technology; SCIENCE students; SIMULATION methods &; models
- Publication
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2006, Vol 43, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
0022-4308
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/tea.20097