New Horizons in Education


No 38, pp. 85-92 (November, 1997)

Computer Simulation Programs for the Hong Kong School Physics Curriculum: An Attempt to Provide An Exploratory, Collaborative and Student-centred Learning Environment

P.K. Tao

Abstract

This paper reports an initiative to develop computer simulation programs for the Secondary 4/5 physics curriculum in Hong Kong. It first discusses the advantages of using computer simulations in the teaching and learning of science (and physics) and considers, in particular, the exploratory, collaborative and student-centred learning environment that computer simulations support. It then describes two of the programs developed to illustrate how they support such a learning environment.
Keywords: computer simulation programs; Hong Kong; secondary school; physics curriculum; Learning Environment

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