Informatics in Education (Apr 2013)

Electrical Storm Simulation to Improve the Learning Physics Process

  • Miriam MARTÍNEZ MUÑOZ,
  • María Lourdes JIMÉNEZ RODRÍGUEZ,
  • José Antonio GUTIÉRREZ de MESA

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15388/infedu.2013.13
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2
pp. 191 – 206

Abstract

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This work is part of a research project whose main objective is to understand the impact that the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has on the teaching and learning process on the subject of Physics. We will show that, with the use of a storm simulator, physics students improve their learning process on one hand they understand storm phenomenon, and on the other hand they assimilate in better way physics ideas. Computer technology is a positive supplement to bridge the gap between education and the technological world in which we live. Computer-assisted technologies at the university offer students a great access to information, an eager motivation to learn, a jump-start on marketable job skills and an enhanced quality of class work.

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