Summer STEM camp to increase school literacy with application of virtual simulations

Abstract

The article considers the effectiveness of the application of virtual simulations in the summer STEM-camp for improving the expected literacy of schoolchildren.

The author highlights key aspects that virtual simulations are an effective instrument for learning:

• the possibility of interactive collaboration with simulations that the process of training is more intensive and unavoidable;
• The development of critical marrow and training solutions to the problem should be analyzed by schoolchildren as a result of simulation simulators and to make decisions on their basis;
• formation of concepts of principles and laws through virtual experiments and modeling;
• Improving the skills of team work and communication, participants of the camp work on common projects and exchange ideas.

During the study, the author also considers possible problems and restrictions on the use of virtual simulators, such as

As a technical condition, the loss of access to the Internet and the need to adapt materials for different age groups.

The results of the article emphasize the importance of summer STEM camps and virtual simulators in increasing the expected literacy of schoolchildren, In turn, it is necessary to develop their potential and success in the future.