期刊名称：Revista Electrónica de Enseñanza de las Ciencias
印刷版ISSN：1579-1513
电子版ISSN：1579-1513
出版年度：2010
卷号：9
期号：3
页码：569-595
出版社：Universidade de Vigo
摘要：The purpose of this research was to investigate the learning ofstudents who worked with computational modeling and simulation using thesoftware Modellus in the study of simple electric circuits. The theoreticalframework was based on Ausubel’s theory of meaningful learning andHalloun’s schematic modeling approach. The quantitative results show thatthere were statistically significant differences in the performance of studentswho worked with the computational activities (experimental group), whencompared to the one in which students were just exposed to a traditionalmethod of teaching (control group). The qualitative results suggest thatmany students from the experimental group seemed to have achievedmeaningful learning, and the students’ interaction among themselves andwith the teacher as well during the computational activities has stronglycontributed for that.
关键词：computational simulation; computational modeling; learning;difficulties; simple electric circuits; physics teaching.
