MLS Inclusion and Society Journal
Impact on physics learning with the use of PHET simulators, a look at the solution of electrical circuits
Published Apr 26, 2023
Abstract
Starting from the use of PhET simulators, which in principle is used as a complementary resource or as the foundation of a theoretical-practical class session (Gallego Joya, 2022), it is important to see the impact on the development of class sessions mediated by this type of tools used recurrently in physics courses at the high school and university levels. The relevance of the concepts would be reflected in the results of the tests and general evaluations of each course, according to the programming of each curriculum respectively. Based on the different moments in which the notions are evaluated, according to the curriculum of the physics courses in the two educational institutions of reference, the evaluation results obtained are recorded and with time, they are continuously retaken as part of the academic process, and it is there where their impact is evidenced, in the way in which new concepts are assimilated starting from preconceptions, or previously obtained concepts, in this case, those of Electrical Circuits such as Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's laws, which are fundamental to approach other electromagnetism topics that are seen later and to evaluate the impact of their use in teaching.
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