Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. Assessing the impact of computer-based learning in science. The importance of learner characteristics. The impact of social context on learning in hypermedia-based instruction.
Interaction style influences the manner of human accomplishment.
A tale of two students. As a scientist, it is important always to find compelling questions, plan fruitful approaches to pursuing answers, and be ready to double back and try a different version of a question or a different approach. Finally, one must cherish any answer only momentarily, and then test it in similar situations. As a teacher of science, it is equally important to allow your students to find their own compelling questions, plan their own strategies for answering them, pursue answers, and apply the answers to similar questions. If students learn only the results of science, without engaging in the inquiry process of science while they learn these results, they are not learning science.