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Learning science through computer games and simulations / Committee on Science Learning: Computer Games, Simulations, and Education ; Margaret A. Honey and Margaret L. Hilton, editors ; Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies

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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Science Learning: Computer Games, Simulations, and Education
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 161 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Honey, Margaret and Hilton, Margaret L.
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English.
Contents
Introduction -- Learning with Simulations and Games -- Simulations and Games in the Classroom -- Simulations and Games in Informal Learning Contexts -- The Role of Simulations and Games in Science Assessment -- Bringing Simulations and Games to Scale -- aAsearch Agenda for Simulations and Games -- References and Bibliography -- Appendix A: Commissioned Papers -- Appendix B: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.
Summary
At a time when scientific and technological competence is vital to the nation's future, the weak performance of U.S. students in science reflects the uneven quality of current science education. Although young children come to school with innate curiosity and intuitive ideas about the world around them, science classes rarely tap this potential. Many experts have called for a new approach to science education, based on recent and ongoing research on teaching and learning. In this approach, simulations and games could play a significant role by addressing many goals and mechanisms for learning science: the motivation to learn science, conceptual understanding, science process skills, understanding of the nature of science, scientific discourse and argumentation, and identification with science and science learning. To explore this potential this book reviews the available research on learning science through interaction with digital simulations and games. It considers the potential of digital games and simulations to contribute to learning science in schools, in informal out-of-school settings, and everyday life. The book also identifies the areas in which more research and research-based development is needed to fully capitalize on this potential. It will guide academic researchers, developers, publishers, and entrepreneurs from the digital simulation and gaming community, and education practitioners and policy makers toward the formation of research and development partnerships that will facilitate rich intellectual collaboration. Industry, government agencies and foundations will play a significant role through start-up and ongoing support to ensure that digital games and simulations will not only excite and entertain, but also motivate and educate.
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ISBN
9780309185240 (electronic bk.)
0309185246 (electronic bk.)
1283081601
9781283081603
9786613081605
6613081604
9780309185233 (pbk.)
0309185238 (pbk.)
0309185246
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-148).
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