Abstract

CHAO REBOLLEDO, Cimenna  and  DIAZ BARRIGA ARCEO, Frida. Análisis comparativo del aprendizaje de los conceptos de calor y temperatura utilizando una simulación digital interactiva y un texto ilustrado. Rev. electrón. investig. educ. cienc. [online]. 2014, vol.9, n.1, pp.00-00. ISSN 1850-6666.

This research analyzed the differences that underlie learning the concepts of heat and temperature in relation to the concepts of thermal and kinetic energy through two instructional modalities: by reading an illustrated text and through the use of an interactive digital simulation. 48 eighth grade students without prior instruction on these phenomena participated in this study, as well as 48 ninth grade students with prior academic knowledge on the topics reviewed. Significant differences in the resolution of problems related to the concepts being studied were found, in which the best performing participants were those using the interactive digital simulation, and better yet those students with prior instruction on the concepts that were reviewed in this study. The performance of the groups that used the illustrated text was significantly better than its counterpart on problems facing the literal definition of the phenomena studied.

Keywords : Interactive digital simulation; Concepts formation; Multimedia learning; Physics education.

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