TY - GEN
T1 - Designing an MBL package for school science
AU - Lavonen, Jari
AU - Juuti, Kalle
AU - Meisalo, Veijo
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - A research and development project and properties of the designed Microcomputer Based Laboratory (MBL) package, Empirica, for school science studies is reported. The package consists of specifically designed software, an Interface, 21 sensors, and a hypertext manual. The Interface has four analog and four digital channels and two DA converters. The sensors are connected to the Interface, which is connected to a USB port or a serial port of a PC. Collected data can be analyzed and displayed in graphic form, in real or delayed time. Students' and teachers' expectations or needs have been researched to develop the package,. Students working in a school laboratory with the prototype package have been videotaped and a qualitative approach used in data analysis. Designing the prototype has been based on research-based knowledge about the user-friendliness of MBL packages and on an analysis of teachers' and students' expectations of a user-friendly MBL package. The aim of the design process has been to offer hardware, software, and guidance (a hypertext manual) for different pedagogical approaches including sample experiments that are not recipes, but well stated chemically, physically, and pedagogically to introduce novel, computer-aided ways of doing practical work.
AB - A research and development project and properties of the designed Microcomputer Based Laboratory (MBL) package, Empirica, for school science studies is reported. The package consists of specifically designed software, an Interface, 21 sensors, and a hypertext manual. The Interface has four analog and four digital channels and two DA converters. The sensors are connected to the Interface, which is connected to a USB port or a serial port of a PC. Collected data can be analyzed and displayed in graphic form, in real or delayed time. Students' and teachers' expectations or needs have been researched to develop the package,. Students working in a school laboratory with the prototype package have been videotaped and a qualitative approach used in data analysis. Designing the prototype has been based on research-based knowledge about the user-friendliness of MBL packages and on an analysis of teachers' and students' expectations of a user-friendly MBL package. The aim of the design process has been to offer hardware, software, and guidance (a hypertext manual) for different pedagogical approaches including sample experiments that are not recipes, but well stated chemically, physically, and pedagogically to introduce novel, computer-aided ways of doing practical work.
KW - Designing research
KW - MBL package
KW - Microcomputer Based Laboratory
KW - Science learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1542411981&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:1542411981
SN - 088986361X
T3 - Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education
SP - 664
EP - 669
BT - Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education
T2 - Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education
Y2 - 30 June 2003 through 2 July 2003
ER -