Providing Guidance in Virtual Lab Experimentation: The Case of an Experiment Design Tool

Charalampos Efstathiou; Tasos Hovardas; Nikoletta A. Xenofontos; Zacharias C. Zacharia; Ton deJong; Anjo Anjewierden; Siswa A. N. van Riesen

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 3 (2018) pp. 767–791

The present study employed a quasi-experimental design to assess a computer-based tool, which was intended to scaffold the task of designing experiments when using a virtual lab for the process of experimentation. In particular, we assessed the...

Identifying Potential Types of Guidance for Supporting Student Inquiry When Using Virtual and Remote Labs in Science: A Literature Review

Zacharias C. Zacharia; Constantinos Manoli; Nikoletta Xenofontos; Ton de Jong; Margus Pedaste; Siswa A. van Riesen; Ellen T. Kamp; Mario Mäeots; Leo Siiman; Eleftheria Tsourlidaki

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 63, No. 2 (April 2015) pp. 257–302

The aim of this review is to identify specific types of guidance for supporting student use of online labs, that is, virtual and remote labs, in an inquiry context. To do so, we reviewed the literature on providing guidance within computer supported ...

Phases of inquiry-based learning: Definitions and the inquiry cycle

Margus Pedaste; Mario Mäeots; Leo A. Siiman; Ton de Jong; Siswa A.N. van Riesen; Ellen T. Kamp; Constantinos C. Manoli; Zacharias C. Zacharia; Eleftheria Tsourlidaki

Educational Research Review Vol. 14, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 47–61

Inquiry-based learning is gaining popularity in science curricula, international research and development projects as well as teaching. One of the underlying reasons is that its success can be significantly improved due to the recent technical...

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