The present technology report is
aimed at demonstrating how the
implementation of VR chemistry simulations of atomic structure enhances
learning among students. MEL Chemistry VR lessons were incorporated
into the classroom for 43 first-year undergraduate ITMO University
students. The visualization techniques provided the learners with
two important opportunities: (1) connecting the macroscopic and tangible
component of chemistry with the submicroscopic component (the real
world and the world of molecules) and (2) connecting the submicroscopic
component of chemistry with the representational one (atomic structure
and orbital diagrams). The results show that implementation of the
VR experience into the atomic structure laboratory enhances the learning
experience of the students.
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