Harnessing Simulation in Education: Benefits, Implementation, and Advantages in Science Curriculum
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Discover the advantages of using simulations in education, such as visual and experiential learning, promoting safe exploration, and enhancing student engagement. Learn how simulations fit into the science domain and help students develop critical thinking and ICT skills. Explore strategies for structuring simulations in the classroom effectively for independent student work and dynamic updates.
Harnessing Simulation in Education: Benefits, Implementation, and Advantages in Science Curriculum
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PD on sims in class Bruce Drummond, David Lu, John Widmer
Why use Simulations? • Benefits • Visual learning • Experiential ‘hands-on’ learning • Promotes exploring – safely • Perform dangerous experiments • Cons • You will need computers • You will need software
Where does Sims fit? • Science Domain • Level 3 onwards : students learning to design experiments • Thinking processes • Reasoning, processing and inquiry • ICT • ICT for Visual Thinking
National Curriculum • More on Science Enquiry skills and less on content • Sims allow students to engage in open learning activities safely and cheaply
Structuring sims in classroom • Using a webpage allows dynamic updates to be made • They should be concise and simple to allow students to work independently • If they continue to ask for help – is the webpage too complex or they lack independence?