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The BIG problem with this demo is that students
generally remember the dramatic parts of the video and do not retain the
concept that you are targeting. See the research of Catherine Crouch.
There is some evidence from cognitive science that movies and
simulations
really do not work better than static pictures. The one exception is
where
the simulation can make visible underlying structures.
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A second exception are the Interactive Lecture Demonstrations in which
students: are shown a demo w/o data (Vernier, Pasco etc...); discuss &
predict resulting data/graphs; watch demo w/ data; resolve their
prediction w/ actual data; discuss analygous situations.
I'd grant that these demos are not the whiz-bang demos. More like
mini-labs.
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