The computational experiment and its effects on approach to learning and beliefs on physics

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 547-555

  Psycharis, Sarantos ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PEDAGOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computational experiment; ICT; Interactive learning environments; Physics learning; Programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT; ICT; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICS LEARNING; PROGRAMMING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 78650176578     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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