EFFECTIVENESS OF VIRTUAL LAB ON ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE AT SECONDARY LEVEL

Abstract

Practical experiences are an important component of the educational process. However, the time and economical resources often required for the setting-up and construction of scientific laboratories is outside the scope of many institutions. A solution to this problem could be found in the adaption of the Virtual Reality Technology, which could allow the creation of Virtual Laboratories, simulate the processes and actions that could take place in real laboratories .During the last decades, the ICT has witnessed a rapid development in all fields. The resources of knowledge became various and numerous. The course of science is obviously connected with technology, both cognitively and practically. The importance of integrating ICT in science learning, to facilitate many scientific phenomena among learners and the use of educational software in various streams of science e.g. physics, chemistry, biology etc.