The positive meaning of the use of Interactive Simulation eduMedia in the subject of Light Waves in Secondary School in Morocco

Abstract

This work aims to study the impact of the use of the interactive simulation eduMedia, on the understanding and learning of Moroccan students in the qualifying secondary of the second year of the scientific baccalaureate option physical sciences at the high school Abdellah Laroui of the city of Fez. Using the pre-test and post-test methodology with a simulation group (24 students) and an experiment group (24 students) during the school year 2021-2022, the data were then analyzed using the IBM SPSS 21 statistical analysis program, for the analysis of quantitative data, Mann-Whitney U tests of independent samples were used. The results of the descriptive statistics show that the use of interactive simulation and laboratory experiments achieve similar objectives in the study of light waves. At the end of the session, we invited the students of the simulation group to answer the survey questions, moreover, the qualitative data were processed by the SPHINX v5 software. In addition, through interviews, we asked the six teachers to give their opinions on the use of simulation in learning, the results obtained showed a considerable improvement in some other indicators such as motivation and interaction between students compared to the classical method. The results of this research aim to better understand the opinion of teachers and students on the integration of interactive simulations in the school curriculum and may encourage the authorities of the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training to adopt the interactive simulation program.

The Effect of Integrating Interactive Simulations on the Development of Students’ Motivation, Engagement, Interaction and School Results

“…In between, we observed high motivation in students after using PhET simulations, thus simulations are effective tools to increase motivation, this claim is supported by several of the researchers [9,[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49], Furthermore, the results of this research showed that simulations can increase students' engagement in the learning process. These results are consistent with the findings of [28,31,32,43].…”

“…On the other hand, this study has shown that PhET simulation can integrate students into a learning environment. Thus, we can confirm that the adoption of PhET simulations improves the interactive exchange between learners [40,42].…”

“…We noticed that the students in the experimental group were more motivated, engaged and interacted during the integration of the interactive simulations. These results are supported by [34,40,[41][42].…”