This study presents the integration of three different teaching scenarios, during biology laboratory lessons, with the overall aim of exploring the potential predominant effectiveness of teaching and improvement of students' learning, by the use of the three‐dimensional virtual reality educational tool Onlabs, versus more traditional didactic practices. A sample of 83, fourth year, undergraduate students of the Primary Education Department of Patras' University in Greece, were equally separated into three cognitively balanced groups to be educated on the light microscopy experiment by three different educational scenarios. Students' conceptual understanding in the domain of microscopy, was evaluated during all learning procedure with Pre and Post tests, whereas their skill to handle properly a real light microscope in the wet biology lab was summatively assessed via a specially designed work sheet. Results of the present study provide evidence in favor of the virtual reality application. © 2019 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 48(1):21–27, 2020.

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三维虚拟现实生物学实验室与传统教学实践在实验室中使用光子显微镜进行实验的实施和评估

本研究展示了在生物实验室课程中整合三种不同的教学场景，总体目标是通过使用三维虚拟现实教育工具 Onlabs 来探索潜在的主要教学效果和学生学习的改善。更传统的教学实践。将 83 名希腊帕特雷大学小学教育系四年级本科生的样本平均分为三个认知平衡的组，通过三种不同的教育场景接受光学显微镜实验的教育。在所有学习过程中，通过前后测试评估学生对显微镜领域的概念理解，而他们在湿生物学实验室中正确处理真实光学显微镜的技能是通过专门设计的工作表进行总结性评估的。本研究的结果提供了支持虚拟现实应用的证据。© 2019 国际生物化学与分子生物学联盟，48(1):21–27，2020。