{"id":"https://openalex.org/W253996359","doi":null,"title":"COMPUTER SIMULATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION: Implications for Distance Education","display_name":"COMPUTER SIMULATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION: Implications for Distance Education","publication_year":2006,"publication_date":"2006-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W253996359","mag":"253996359"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"mag:253996359","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED494379.pdf","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006771879","display_name":"Sami \u015eahin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1873-5243","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1873-5243","https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8025-9909"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sami \u015eahin","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1873-5243","affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5006771879"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.4673,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":57,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.88012933,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"7","issue":"4","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10072","display_name":"Science Education and Pedagogy","score":0.6484000086784363,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10072","display_name":"Science Education and Pedagogy","score":0.6484000086784363,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11283","display_name":"Experimental Learning in Engineering","score":0.3059000074863434,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2214","display_name":"Media Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12931","display_name":"Educational Methods and Outcomes","score":0.010900000110268593,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-simulation","display_name":"computer simulation","score":0.9990000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/science-education","display_name":"science education","score":0.9929999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distance-education","display_name":"distance education","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/science-process-skills","display_name":"science process skills","score":0.9409999847412109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/constructivist-learning","display_name":"constructivist learning","score":0.8730000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/inquiry-based-learning","display_name":"inquiry-based learning","score":0.8989999890327454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/laboratory-teaching","display_name":"laboratory teaching","score":0.44200000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia-simulation","display_name":"multimedia simulation","score":0.6840000152587891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/collaborative-learning","display_name":"cooperative learning","score":0.7319999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hypothesis-generation","display_name":"hypothesis generation","score":0.7789999842643738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/problem-solving","display_name":"problem solving","score":0.5910000205039978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/curriculum-integration","display_name":"curriculum integration","score":0.4970000088214874}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47177190","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207137","display_name":"Curriculum","level":2,"score":0.6430399417877197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6280670166015625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.5412033200263977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44877443","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2485457","display_name":"Science education","level":2,"score":0.5407116413116455},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.48424336314201355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.20913651585578918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.17463618516921997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"mag:253996359","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED494379.pdf","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.9901999831199646}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"display_name":"Quality education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.8399999737739563}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":54,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W28480961","https://openalex.org/W114566130","https://openalex.org/W197865610","https://openalex.org/W295615765","https://openalex.org/W1481236051","https://openalex.org/W1492586510","https://openalex.org/W1496730218","https://openalex.org/W1506454827","https://openalex.org/W1507951428","https://openalex.org/W1515799968","https://openalex.org/W1527025487","https://openalex.org/W1538220964","https://openalex.org/W1562133951","https://openalex.org/W1563287493","https://openalex.org/W1566240719","https://openalex.org/W1579494511","https://openalex.org/W1584580804","https://openalex.org/W1593615710","https://openalex.org/W1605938688","https://openalex.org/W1636972802","https://openalex.org/W1868283896","https://openalex.org/W1963879527","https://openalex.org/W1964036381","https://openalex.org/W1975178387","https://openalex.org/W1975563826","https://openalex.org/W1991092912","https://openalex.org/W1993001814","https://openalex.org/W1997658125","https://openalex.org/W2013265868","https://openalex.org/W2014919056","https://openalex.org/W2018182672","https://openalex.org/W2027225249","https://openalex.org/W2033360885","https://openalex.org/W2043764630","https://openalex.org/W2052504304","https://openalex.org/W2065361299","https://openalex.org/W2067363530","https://openalex.org/W2087886021","https://openalex.org/W2118988014","https://openalex.org/W2119330100","https://openalex.org/W2122336729","https://openalex.org/W2130019460","https://openalex.org/W2149029795","https://openalex.org/W2151715145","https://openalex.org/W2159422668","https://openalex.org/W2160765577","https://openalex.org/W2161131355","https://openalex.org/W2162357379","https://openalex.org/W2217965692","https://openalex.org/W2260920928","https://openalex.org/W2294795899","https://openalex.org/W2899970923","https://openalex.org/W2992654356","https://openalex.org/W2992816462"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7101033937","https://openalex.org/W1840494665","https://openalex.org/W4225980615","https://openalex.org/W2099770910","https://openalex.org/W4405042325","https://openalex.org/W2017915901","https://openalex.org/W7101021339","https://openalex.org/W2723746707","https://openalex.org/W2105175011","https://openalex.org/W7217614041"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0,17,54],"paper":[1,55],"is":[2,205],"a":[3,133],"review":[4,18,30,190],"of":[5,11,25,57,102,125,152],"the":[6,9,20,66,70,75,80,87,93,100],"literature":[7,29,97,189],"about":[8],"use":[10,105,119,124,130],"computer":[12,26,34,64,103,126,146,194],"simulations":[13,35,104,127,147,174,195],"in":[14,72,106],"science":[15,38,73,83,107],"education.":[16,53,95],"examines":[19],"types":[21],"and":[22,40,51,86,116,139,163,169,185,207],"good":[23,176],"examples":[24],"simulations.":[27],"The":[28,60,96,121,188],"indicated":[31],"that":[32,99,129,193],"although":[33],"cannot":[36],"replace":[37],"classroom":[39,50,137],"laboratory":[41],"activities":[42],"completely,":[43],"they":[44,112],"offer":[45,160],"various":[46],"advantages":[47],"both":[48],"for":[49,79,132,136,198],"distance":[52,94,199],"consists":[56],"four":[58],"parts.":[59],"first":[61],"part":[62,68,77,89],"describes":[63],"simulations;":[65],"second":[67],"reviews":[69],"benefits":[71],"education;":[74],"third":[76],"looks":[78],"relation":[81],"with":[82,92],"process":[84],"skills;":[85],"last":[88],"makes":[90],"connections":[91],"suggests":[98],"success":[101],"education":[108,200],"depends":[109],"on":[110],"how":[111,117],"incorporated":[113],"into":[114],"curriculum":[115],"teacher":[118],"it.":[120],"most":[122],"appropriate":[123],"seems":[128],"them":[131],"supplementary":[134],"tools":[135,165,177],"instruction":[138],"laboratory.":[140],"Multimedia":[141],"supported,":[142],"highly":[143],"interactive,":[144],"collaborative":[145],"appealing":[148],"growing":[149],"interest":[150],"because":[151],"their":[153],"potentials":[154],"to":[155,166,178,209],"supplement":[156],"constructivist":[157],"learning.":[158],"They":[159],"inquiry":[161],"environments":[162],"cognitive":[164],"scaffold":[167],"learning":[168],"apply":[170],"problem-solving":[171],"skills.":[172,187],"Computer":[173],"are":[175],"improve":[179],"students\u2019":[180],"hypothesis":[181],"construction,":[182],"graphic":[183],"interpretation":[184],"prediction":[186],"also":[191],"implied":[192],"have":[196],"potential":[197],"laboratories.":[201],"Yet":[202],"this":[203],"area":[204],"elusive":[206],"needs":[208],"be":[210],"researched":[211],"further.":[212]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-09-29T14:09:16.559479","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}