@inproceedings{88a9a1ef53e64c278e0a19c611287779,
title = "Students' virtual experiment behavior using an interactive simulation",
abstract = "In this paper, we introduce our newly developed interactive simulation that allows students to conduct virtual experiments to learn how ionizing radiation affects living things. Twenty-three seventh-grade students in Taiwan participated in this study and used the interactive simulation to conduct virtual experiments during their science class. The study identified and investigated nine different types of virtual experiment behavior. Moreover, the results indicated that three kinds of virtual experiment behavior significantly related to how well the students conducted controlled experiments, including (1) whether or not the students inspected all the objects before experimenting, (2) the extent to which the students conducted convergent experiments, and (3) the number of experiments started. Implications of the results are discussed.",
keywords = "Behavior, Interactive simulation, Science learning, Virtual experiment",
author = "Chang, {Hsin Yi} and Hsiao, {Yu Shan}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education. All rights reserved.; 25th International Conference on Computers in Education: Technology and Innovation: Computer-Based Educational Systems for the 21st Century, ICCE 2017 ; Conference date: 04-12-2017 Through 08-12-2017",
year = "2017",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789869401227",
series = "ICCE 2017 - 25th International Conference on Computers in Education: Technology and Innovation: Computer-Based Educational Systems for the 21st Century, Workshop Proceedings",
publisher = "Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education",
pages = "523--528",
editor = "Yusuke Hayashi and Thepchai Supnithi and Moffat Mathews and Wong, {Su Luan} and {Mohd Ayub}, {Ahmad Fauzi} and Antonija Mitrovic and Wenli Chen and Jie-Chi Yang",
booktitle = "ICCE 2017 - 25th International Conference on Computers in Education",
}