The Effect of a Multi-User Virtual Environment on Student Causal Reasoning Ability, Ecological Worldview and Conceptual Change
| dc.contributor.author | Coker, Kester Kurt Ruthven | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-17T16:25:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-01-17T16:25:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-01-17 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study sought to determine the effect of a multi-user virtual environment (EcoMUVE) on the ecological worldviews and reasoning abilities of students at a secondary school in Trinidad and Tobago. Data were collected through a survey administered to 15 male Form 3 students, whose pre- and post-scores were analysed. Supplementary data were obtained through an anonymous questionnaire. Analysis of the data revealed that: 1) not only was the EcoMUVE strategy an effective teaching tool for enhancing student causal reasoning ability, but it was also effective in teaching the concept of changes over time; 2) the strategy had little impact on the students’ ecological worldview; and 3) the strategy was effective in improving student learning and facilitating border crossing. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/21611 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Student attitudes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Action research | en_US |
| dc.subject | Secondary school students | en_US |
| dc.subject | Environmental education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Science education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Teaching techniques | en_US |
| dc.subject | Concept formation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Concept teaching | en_US |
| dc.subject | Case studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Trinidad and Tobago | en_US |
| dc.title | The Effect of a Multi-User Virtual Environment on Student Causal Reasoning Ability, Ecological Worldview and Conceptual Change | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |