利用虚拟世界及基于代理的模型学习科学探究——计算机化科学探究模型浅析

An Introduction of Computational Scientific Inquiry: Learn Scientific Inquiry in a 3D Immersive Virtual World with Agent-Based Models

Teachers always find it is difficult to teach scientific inquiry in traditional science classrooms. In this paper， we introduce Computational Scientific Inquiry (CSI)， an innovative model which can be used for learning scientific inquiry. Both virtual worlds and agent-based models constitute CSI. Meanwhile， productive Failure was chosen as the main pedagogy to support the design of learning activities. We introduce a study called ＂Saving the Omosans＂ that employed CSI as an instructional approach to help students learn scientific inquiry under biological content. In this study， an immersive 3D virtual world and agent-based models constituted the CSI. Two classes of eighth-grade students from a secondary school in Sydney engaged in this study as they learn scientific inquiry with the use of CSI. Results show that CSI is an effective for learning scientific inquiry.