Effects of Virtual Science Simulation-Based Learning in Online Collaboration Platform on Scientific Inquiry Competency of Lower Secondary Students
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Virtual Science Simulation Based Learning, Scientific Inquiry Competency, Online Collaborative PlatformAbstract
The objectives of this study were 1) to investigate and to design a learning management system using virtual science simulations on a collaborative online platform in order to enhance the scientific inquiry skills of secondary school students, and 2) to study the effects of virtual science simulations on a collaborative online platform to develop scientific inquiry skills of secondary school students. The data collection tools used in this study were 1) a scientific inquiry skills assessment 2) a checklist for observing inquiring behaviors 3) a questionnaire on attitudes toward scientific inquiry, and 4) an evaluation form of learning outcomes based on students’ work. The study compared the levels of scientific inquiry skills between the experimental group, which learning activities on virtual science simulations with collaborative online platform (n=25), and the control group, which learning activities based on virtual science simulations (n=25). The results of the study found that 1) a learning management system using virtual science simulations on a collaborative online platform to develop scientific inquiry competency, consisting of 6 steps: 1) Concrete experience 2) Simulation briefing 3) Reflective observation & thinking 4) Conceptualization 5) Experimenting and 6) Elaboration. During a period of nine weeks, eighteen phases of data collecting were employed. 2) The results of using the model found that the experimental group had a greater level of scientific inquiry skills than the control group, with a statistical significance of.05. The data analysis was conducted using statistical techniques, including the T-test for independent samples to compare the groups' levels of scientific inquiry skills, and the T-test for dependent samples to compare the pre and post learning levels of scientific inquiry skills within the experimental group.
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