Characteristics of online experiment using simulation.
| Category | Characteristics of Simulation |
|---|---|
| Advantage | - It can be used instead of expensive equipment, hard-to-perform experiments, or dangerous experiments. |
| - Students can save time for data collection, adjust experimental conditions or variables easily, repeat the experimental process, and conduct experiment individually. | |
| - It presents the experimental situation and results visually and immediately. | |
| Disadvantage | - Students can misunderstand that the experimental process and results are irrelevant to reality. |
| - Students cannot develop practical inquiry skills. | |
| - Because of easy manipulation, students can arbitrarily adjust variables without systematic procedure. | |
| Conditions for effective use | - It should be linked with real phenomena. |
| - Discussion through group activities is more effective. | |
| - Guidance to recognize the inquiry process metacognitively is needed for systematic inquiry. | |
| Others | - Many simulations are open to the public on various internet sites. |
| - Positive application effects in various aspects have been reported. |