@inproceedings{2b9f6f8deb5249548a5d88d9e240db3b,
title = "Path analyses of how students develop conceptual knowledge and inquiry skills in a simulation-based inquiry environment",
abstract = "We implemented a simulation-based learning environment in a summer camp program in which 45 ninth-grade students conducted virtual experiments using computer-based simulations to learn the concepts of buoyancy. We collected data including all students' responses to the pretests, assessments embedded during class in the learning environment, and posttests. All the tests measured the students' conceptual knowledge of buoyancy and inquiry skills. We conducted path analyses to investigate how the students developed their conceptual knowledge and inquiry skills during and after learning within the learning environment. A common significant path is identified among students' prior knowledge and skills and students' developed knowledge and skills.",
keywords = "Computer-based simulation, Inquiry, Path analysis, Science, Virtual experiment",
author = "Chang, {Hsin Yi} and Hsu, {Ying Shao} and Wu, {Hsin Kai} and Chen, {Chih Ming}",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
series = "Workshop Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014",
publisher = "Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education",
pages = "163--166",
editor = "Thepchai Supnithi and Kong, {Siu Cheung} and Ying-Tien Wu and Tomoko Kojiri and Chen-Chung Liu and Hiroaki Ogata and Akihiro Kashihara",
booktitle = "Workshop Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014",
note = "22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014 ; Conference date: 30-11-2014 Through 04-12-2014",
}