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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2013.34.4.345

The Effects of Flash Panorama-based Virtual Field Trips on Students' Spatial Visualization Ability and Their Understanding of Volcanic Concept in High School Earth Science Class  

Heo, Jun-Hyuk (Division of Science Education, Kangwon National University)
Lee, Ki-Young (Division of Science Education, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.34, no.4, 2013 , pp. 345-355 More about this Journal
Abstract
While virtual field trips (VFT) are considered as an attractive alternative to traditional field experience, it is unclear how VFT are best used in Earth Science curriculum. In this study, we investigated the effects of flash panorama-based VFT on students' spatial visualization ability and their understanding of volcanic concept in high school Earth Science class. To investigate the effects of instructional treatment, we conducted pre and post-test on participants' spatial visualization ability and their understanding of volcanic concept, and analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and linear regression. Findings are as follows: First, the change in students' spatial visualization ability in experimental group was significantly higher than that of control group, especially in spatial manipulation category. Second, the change in students' understanding of volcanic concept in experimental group was higher than that of control group in most of the categories, but it is statistically not significant. Last, the change in correlation between spatial visualization ability and understanding of volcanic concept in experimental group was remarkably high compared to control group.
Keywords
flash panorama; virtual field trip; spatial visualization ability; understanding of volcanic concept;
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