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Computer Simulations in Mechanics at the Secondary School
Volume 3, Issue 2 (2004), pp. 229–238
Stanislav HOLEC   Miriam SPODNIAKOVÁ PFEFFEROVÁ   Jana RAGANOVÁ  

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https://doi.org/10.15388/infedu.2004.16
Pub. online: 15 October 2004      Type: Article     

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15 October 2004

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Computer simulations seem to be one of the most effective ways to use computers in physics education. They encourage students to carry out the processes used in physics research: to question, predict, hypothesise, observe, interpret results etc. Their effective use requires an availability of appropriate teaching resources fitting secondary schools curricula.
This paper presents a set of computer simulations that cover the curriculum area of Mechanics and are designed to fit directly to curricula and textbooks used at Slovak grammar schools. All simulations are accompanied by brief instructions for teachers, including suggestions for learning activities and problem tasks for students. Some of them are designed as virtual laboratories.
The developed simulations were tested with a group of secondary school students and evaluated also by groups of future and practising physics teachers. The paper presents and discusses findings and conclusions from the both runs of the testing.

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