Elyse Whitt's List: Virtual Reality

• Computer simulations and virtual reality offer students the unique opportunity  of experiencing and exploring a broad range of environments, objects, and  phenomena within the walls of the classroom.
• Students can observe and manipulate normally inaccessible objects, variables,  and processes in real-time
• "(VR) bridges the gap between the concrete world of nature and the abstract  world of concepts and models
• This makes them a welcome alternative to the conventional study of science and  mathematics, which require students to develop understandings based on textual  descriptions and 2-D representations.

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