Enhancement of student learning in experimental design using a virtual laboratory

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-85

  Koretsky, Milo D ^a   Amatore, Danielle ^a   Barnes, Connelly ^a   Kimura, Sho ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D computer simulation; Chemical vapor deposition (CVD); Experimental design; Instructional scaffolding; Think aloud; Virtual laboratory

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LABORATORIES; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT TOOLS; VIRTUAL LABORATORY;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 40649090687     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2007.906894     Document Type: Article

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