Exploring 3- D virtual reality technology for spatial ability and chemistry achievement.
We investigated the potential of Second Life® ( SL), a three-dimensional (3- D) virtual world, to enhance undergraduate students' learning of a vital chemistry concept. A quasi-experimental pre-posttest control group design was used to conduct the study. A total of 387 participants completed three a...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 579 - 591 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2013
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104151016&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104151016 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02664909 6M1 jtl: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning issn: 02664909 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec2013 vid: 29 iid: 6 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 104151016 91734750 10.1111/jcal.12018 104151016 ppf: 579 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: Exploring 3- D virtual reality technology for spatial ability and chemistry achievement. aug: au: Merchant, Z. Goetz, E.T. Keeney-Kennicutt, W. Cifuentes, L. Kwok, O. Davis, T.J. affil: College of Education, Department of Teaching Learning and Culture, Texas A&M University sug: subj: Virtual Reality Spatial Perception Learning Methods Chemistry Outcomes of Education Human Quasi-Experimental Studies Pretest-Posttest Design Analysis of Covariance Descriptive Statistics Students, Undergraduate Female Male Chi Square Test Adolescence Young Adult Adult Aptitude Tests Coefficient alpha T-Tests Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Female Male ab: We investigated the potential of Second Life® ( SL), a three-dimensional (3- D) virtual world, to enhance undergraduate students' learning of a vital chemistry concept. A quasi-experimental pre-posttest control group design was used to conduct the study. A total of 387 participants completed three assignment activities either in SL or using two-dimensional (2- D) images. Students were administered an 11-question chemistry achievement test and two measures of spatial ability ( Purdue Visualization of Rotations Test, Card Rotations Test). Although analyses of covariance revealed no statistically significant differences between the two groups as a whole for any of the outcome measures, a subgroup analyses was conducted to decompose the relative impact of 3- D virtual reality instruction within SL. We found that students classified as having poor spatial ability showed significantly greater improvement in understanding the 3- D nature of molecules if they did relevant activities in a 3- D virtual world than those students who only worked with 2- D images. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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