GRADE 12 LEARNERS’ EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS VIRTUAL LABORATORIES IN LEARNING OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS DURING COVID-19 SCHOOL CLOSURE.

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Emmanuel Mumba

COVID-19, Experimental Physics, Experiences, Perceptions, Students, Virtual lab

This study reports the results of a descriptive survey that explored grade 12 learners’ experiences and perceptions about virtual labs used amid the COVID-19 school closure. The study involved 202 grade 12 students carefully chosen from 6 government secondary schools offering physics 5054 in Mufulira District of Zambia by means of homogeneous purposive sampling technique. A questionnaire with both closed-ended and open-ended questions was used to collect data. Research findings show that the minority (42.8%) of the students had experience of virtual labs during the COVID-19 school closure while the majority (57.2%) of students did not have experience of virtual labs during COVID-19 school closure due to lack of electricity and ICT gadgets. The students who had experience of virtual labs had positive perceptions about the virtual labs used and mentioned safety, flexibility and convenience as benefits associated with virtual labs. Students who had experience of virtual labs mentioned online simulations and digital simulated experiments on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation Television (ZNBC TV4) as the most beneficial learning mode used when schools were shuttered due to COVID-19 pandemic. These findings recommend a requisite for the educational providers in Zambia and other comparable environments to contemplate the social and economic standing of students when scheming virtual labs. Results also suggest that Physics educators should blend virtual labs with physical labs when teaching practical physics in secondary schools.

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Emmanuel Mumba (August-2023). GRADE 12 LEARNERS’ EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS VIRTUAL LABORATORIES IN LEARNING OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS DURING COVID-19 SCHOOL CLOSURE.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 8(8), d469-d491. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2308368.pdf

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