Designing online scaffolds for interactive computer simulation

• Published in: Interactive learning environments Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 229 - 243
• Main Authors: Chen, Ching-Huei, Wu, I-Chia, Jen, Fen-Lan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.06.2013; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Computer Simulation; Computer Uses in Education; Educational Technology; Foreign Countries; High School Students; inquiry system; Interviews; Pretests Posttests; Qualitative Research; Questionnaires; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); scaffolds; Science Instruction; science learning; Secondary School Science; simulation learning; Taiwan; Teaching Methods; TELEs; Web Based Instruction; Taiwan

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of online scaffolds in computer simulation to facilitate students' science learning. We first introduced online scaffolds to assist and model students' science learning and to demonstrate how a system embedded with online scaffolds...