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Application of Virtual Reality Technology to the Experiment Teaching of Junior High School Physics

Author(s)

Xiyuan Yang, Han Bao, Yuyu Huang

Affiliation(s)

School of Physics Science and Technology, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang, Gangdong, China

Abstract

With the advent of the information age, the traditional teaching of the physics experiment is facing severe challenges due to inherent deficiencies. The extensive application of Virtual Reality Technology (VRT) in experimental education can be used to effectively make up for the existed shortcomings of the traditional experiment teaching. Based on the basic theory and application of VRT, an innovative application mode with the usage of this information technology is constructed to explore the experiment teaching of the junior high school physics in the paper, which is taken the Ohm's Law exploration and resistance measurement experiments as examples. Combined with the flash technology, virtual experiments are designed to simulate the real physical experiment scenarios, which can effectively enhance students' understanding and cognition of the experiments. Subsequently, students, as divided into two groups including the virtual reality teaching group (VRG) and the traditional teaching group (TG), are organized to conduct physical experiment operations and questionnaire surveys are carried out to collect teaching effect data. The obtained results show that students of VRG have a more comprehensive understanding than those of TG in the experimental content and operation processes, better experimental observation and control abilities and more outstanding innovative thinking performance, which fully verifies that the auxiliary effect of VRT in experimental teaching is significantly superior to those of TG.

Keywords

Virtual Reality Technology (VRT); Experiment Teaching; Junior High School Physics; Teaching Innovation

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