The effect of a proposed program based on virtual laboratories applications in the developing laboratory skills of chemistry for second secondary students in Bisha

Abstract

     The aim of the current research is to know the effect of a proposed program based on virtual lab applications in developing the laboratory skills of chemistry among second year secondary school students in Bisha Governorate. The second semester 1443 AH, and the study tools consisted of a performance observation card and an achievement test for the cognitive aspect of laboratory skills. The results resulted in a statistically significant difference at the level of significance (α ≥ 0.05) between the average experimental and control scores in the cognitive and performance aspects of laboratory skills for chemistry. In favor of the experimental group students who used virtual labs, the impact of the proposed program based on virtual lab applications was significant in developing the cognitive and performance aspects of laboratory skills in the chemistry course, among second-year secondary school students in Bisha governorate. The research recommended a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: expanding the use of virtual laboratories in secondary schools in Bisha, working on preparing the infrastructure for schools, preparing real laboratories with what is necessary to apply experiments to the virtual laboratory in them, and integrating virtual laboratories with their types (chemistry, physics, biology) together to reach a laboratory environment default integrated.