Abstract
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of virtual laboratory experiences in physics laboratory attitudes of students. It also aims to determine the views of students’ on virtual laboratory. The study involved 42 students who was divided into two groups (21 experimental, 21 control). Students were randomly assigned to both groups. In the research, the pre-test and post-test control group design was used. The experimental group used the virtual laboratory. On the other hand the control group used physical laboratory. The research data were obtained via the “physics laboratory attitude scale” and semi-structured interviews. The result of this study carried out that virtual laboratory experiences made positive effects on students’ attitudes. In addition, semi-structured interviews were found out that they had positive opinions regarding the virtual physics laboratory experiences.
Highlights
Inventions in the field of science within the 21st century have accelerated technological developments which in turn have contributed to the development of countries [9]
Before the experimental process, it was examined whether the experimental and control group participants had an equivalent attitude towards the physics lab course
The physics laboratory attitude scale was given to both groups as a pretest
Summary
Inventions in the field of science within the 21st century have accelerated technological developments which in turn have contributed to the development of countries [9]. Countries which do not want to fall behind in the technological competition have focused on raising analytical and productive individuals who are well educated in the basic sciences [4]. Among these basic sciences, physics is the most challenging for students [2]. Students having experienced failure develop negative attitudes towards the course [22]. At this point, in order to resolve the difficulties, virtual laboratories were resorted to [22]
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