Relative effectiveness of physical and virtual manipulatives for conceptual change in science: how falling objects fall.

This study offers new insights into the ongoing debate about whether physical and virtual materials are equally effective in inquiry-based science instruction. Physical materials were predicted to have a surplus value when haptic feedback helps discern object characteristics or when the perceived cr...

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Published in:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 110 - 121
Main Authors: Lazonder, A.W., Ehrenhard, S.
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2014
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