Scratch as a computational modelling tool for teaching physics
López Simó, Víctor (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Centre de Recerca per a l'Educació Científica i Matemàtica)
Hernández Rodríguez, María Isabel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Centre de Recerca per a l'Educació Científica i Matemàtica)

Date:	2015
Abstract:	The Scratch online authoring tool, which features a simple programming language that has been adapted to primary and secondary students, is being used more and more in schools as it offers students and teachers the opportunity to use a tool to build scientific models and evaluate their behaviour, just as can be done with computational modelling programs. In this article, we briefly discuss why Scratch could be a useful tool for computational modelling in the primary or secondary physics classroom, and we present practical examples of how it can be used to build a model.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad EDU2011-28431
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Published in:	Physics education, Vol. 50, núm. 3 (2015) , p. 310-316, ISSN 0031-9120

DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/50/3/310

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