TITLE:
An Empirical Study on Improving the Learning Effect of Physics Experiment Course in High School by Simulation Experiment Software
AUTHORS:
Xiulin Ma, Yujuan Jia, Chenyu Fan, Xue Jiang
KEYWORDS:
Demonstration Experiment, Inquiry Experiment, High School Physics Experiment, Simulation Experiment Software, Empirical Study
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.11,
November
30,
2021
ABSTRACT: Physics experiment course in senior high school
plays a very important role in cultivating students’ scientific thinking and
scientific inquiry ability. However, in teaching practice, due to large
experimental error, poor demonstration effect and lack of experimental
conditions, it cannot achieve the expected teaching effect. This study
integrates the simulation experiment software into the physics experiment
classroom in senior high school, in order to optimize the experimental teaching
quality and promote the development of students’ inquiry ability. In this
study, 45 students from class 5 and 47 students from class 6 of grade 1 in a
high school in Beijing were selected as the experimental class and the control
class respectively. The demonstration experiment of “synchronous satellite
orbit transfer launch” and the exploration experiment of “uniform linear motion”
were carried out with the help of simulation experimental software. The results
showed the teaching based on simulation experimental software plays a positive
role in teachers’ experimental teaching, reducing experimental errors,
improving self-efficacy and teaching performance. On the other hand, limited by
the simulation experiment environment, the simulation experiment could reduce
the trial and error opportunities of excellent students, and affect the
development of students’ innovation ability to a certain extent.