NYU CREATE releases Molecules & Minds final report
Published November 2nd, 2009
Category News Research
By Jan L Plass
Topics Cognition, Design, Multimedia learning, Science Education, Science visualization, Simulation,
The NYU CREATE Consortium for Research and Evaluation of Advanced Technologies in Education today released the final report for the IES funded 2005-2009 research grant Molecules & Minds: Optimizing Simulations for Chemistry Education. The research study, directed by Jan L. Plass (PI) and Bruce Homer, Catherine Milne, and Trace Jordan (Co-PIs) investigated design factors for effective simulations for high school chemistry education. Six simulations developed by the grant and curricular materials are available on the Molecules & Minds Web Site.
