Search results for author:"Zahira Merchant"
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Science Education in Second Life
Zahira Merchant
Annual Meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association 2010 (February 2010)
The purpose of the observational study was to investigate whether spaces in Second Life (SL) displaying interactive scientific exhibits can become potential avenues to promote inquiry in teaching scientific concepts. 42 SL spaces (islands) were...
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The learner characteristics, features of desktop 3D virtual reality environments, and college chemistry instruction: A structural equation modeling analysis
Zahira Merchant; Ernest T. Goetz; Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt; Oi-man Kwok; Lauren Cifuentes; Trina J. Davis
Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 2 (September 2012) pp. 551–568
We examined a model of the impact of a 3D desktop virtual reality environment on the learner characteristics (i.e. perceptual and psychological variables) that can enhance chemistry-related learning achievements in an introductory college chemistry...
Language: English
Topics: Chemistry Education
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Effectiveness of virtual reality-based instruction on students' learning outcomes in K-12 and higher education: A meta-analysis
Zahira Merchant; Ernest T. Goetz; Lauren Cifuentes; Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt; Trina J. Davis
Computers & Education Vol. 70, No. 1 (January 2014) pp. 29–40
The purpose of this meta-analysis is to examine overall effect as well as the impact of selected instructional design principles in the context of virtual reality technology-based instruction (i.e. games, simulation, virtual worlds) in K-12 or...
Language: English