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- Title
The effect of computer simulation used as a teaching aid in students' understanding in learning the concepts of electric fields and electric forces.
- Authors
Mengistu, Aysheshim; Kahsay, Gebregziabher
- Abstract
This study investigates the use of computer simulation as a teaching aid in students' understanding in learning the concepts of electric fields and electric forces. One hundred students were involved in the study that were classified as experimental group (EG) and control group (CG) by a lottery method. The two groups were taught the same topic for one week by the traditional lecture method for the control group and by the help of computer simulations for the experimental group. In addition, a pilot study was conducted at another school known as Tana Haik Senior Secondary School to test the validity and reliability of the instrument and to measure the background of the samples. Their achievements were measured using a test. A pre-test was given before treatment to know their performance level and preknowledge and a post test was administered after treatment to examine whether they showed a progress or not. Their achievement results were analyzed by using a t-test. The analysis of the result indicates that, students (EG) who were taught using computer simulations as a teaching aid showed a good progress than the control group.
- Subjects
COMPUTER simulation; TEACHING aids; T-test (Statistics)
- Publication
Latin-American Journal of Physics Education, 2015, Vol 9, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1870-9095
- Publication type
Article