Use of Heuristics to Facilitate Scientific Discovery Learning in a Simulation Learning Environment in a Physics Domain

摘要: This article describes a study into the role of heuristic support in facilitating discovery learning through simulation‐based learning. The compares use two such environments physics domain collisions. In one environment (implicit heuristics) heuristics are only used to provide learner with guidance derived from heuristics, without presenting themselves; other (explicit themselves also made explicit learner. tested 46 students schools. results show that learners both conditions gain knowledge pre‐test post‐test. Regression analyses can predict post‐test implicit condition but not condition. Process suggest explicitly facilitate more self‐regulation students.