An Evaluation Tool for Physics Applets

Autor/inn/en	Pejuan, Arcadi; Bohigas, Xavier; Jaén, Xavier
Titel	An Evaluation Tool for Physics Applets
Quelle	In: Journal of Technology and Science Education, 6 (2015) 1, S.36-51 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2014-5349
Schlagwörter	Physics; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Science Instruction; Evaluation Methods; Evaluation Criteria; Qualitative Research; Secondary School Teachers; Scoring Rubrics; Multimedia Instruction; Engineering Education; Questionnaires; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Quality; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Qualitative Forschung; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Multimediales Lernen; Ingenieurausbildung; Fragebogen; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Physics applets are well known appealing resources to teach and learn physics, and a large number of them are available on the Internet. Nevertheless, not all of them are of the same quality, because such applets do not fit every specific teaching/learning purpose. The start question was which features should have a physics applet in order that it can be considered a good applet according to our experience as teachers or lecturers. The answer should be based on practical evaluations of applets from the Internet, taking quality evaluation criteria already published into account. In this way, an evaluation tool was developed as a rubric which draws attention to the different aspects of an applet that are relevant for teaching or learning a physics topic, grouping these aspects into five categories. Each category is given a separate scoring based on a preparatory qualitative evaluation of the aforementioned aspects. This evaluation tool has been tested on five physics applets by four secondary-school teachers as experts in first-year students' background. The results show the suitability degree of each of these applets as resources for different teaching/learning environments, as well as the suitability of the evaluation tool itself. In addition, the evaluation tool simplifies the interchange of information on physics applets among teachers and lecturers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01