Learning differences and eye fixation patterns in virtual and physical science laboratories

• Published in: Computers and education Vol. 82; pp. 191 - 201
• Main Authors: Chien, Kuei-Pin, Tsai, Cheng-Yue, Chen, Hsiu-Ling, Chang, Wen-Hua, Chen, Sufen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2015
• Subjects: Applications in subject areas; Computer simulation; Correlation; Eye movements; Fixation; Learning; Manuals; Mathematical models; Monitors; Secondary education; Simulations; Students; Applications in subject areas; Simulations; Secondary education

This project analyzed high school students' performance and eye movement while learning in a simulation-based laboratory (SBL) and a microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL). Although the SBL and the MBL both used computers to collect, graph, and analyze data, the MBL involved manual manipulation o...