Experimentation Comparison in Virtual and Practical Operation - Take Hydraulics Learning for Example

Janus S. Liang

2014

Abstract

The objective of this research is to examine if practical or virtual operating experimentation can discriminate hydraulics learning. There are several experimental situations, specifically virtual operating experimentation (VoE), practical operating experimentation (PoE), two successive conjunctions of VoE and PoE, and a control situation (i.e., conventional instructing with lack of VoE or PoE). College learners’ comprehension of hydraulics notions in the field of force and distance is examined in a pre-post test plan that included 57 members appointed to the control group and 195 members appointed to the four experimental groups. Conceptual exams are dominated to evaluate learners’ comprehension throughout instructing. Results revealed that the several experimental situations are similarly efficient in enhancing participants’ comprehension of notions in the field of force and distance and better than the control situation; therefore, operation, virtual or practical operation, and not substantiality, at lowest in a condition as the one of the proposed research, is essential in hydraulics learning.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

S. Liang J. (2014). Experimentation Comparison in Virtual and Practical Operation - Take Hydraulics Learning for Example . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 3: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-022-2, pages 155-162. DOI: 10.5220/0004676701550162

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu14,
author={Janus S. Liang},
title={Experimentation Comparison in Virtual and Practical Operation - Take Hydraulics Learning for Example},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 3: CSEDU,},
year={2014},
pages={155-162},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004676701550162},
isbn={978-989-758-022-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 3: CSEDU,
TI - Experimentation Comparison in Virtual and Practical Operation - Take Hydraulics Learning for Example
SN - 978-989-758-022-2
AU - S. Liang J.
PY - 2014
SP - 155
EP - 162
DO - 10.5220/0004676701550162