Learning about Ecological Systems by Constructing Qualitative Models with DynaLearn

Autor/inn/en	Leiba, Moshe; Zuzovsky, Ruth; Mioduser, David; Benayahu, Yehuda; Nachmias, Rafi
Titel	Learning about Ecological Systems by Constructing Qualitative Models with DynaLearn
Quelle	In: Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 8 (2012), S.165-178 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2375-2033
Schlagwörter	Models; Ecology; Qualitative Research; Electronic Learning; Systems Approach; Secondary School Science; Marine Biology; Junior High School Students; Concept Formation; Logical Thinking; Transfer of Training; Computer Uses in Education; Science Instruction; Instructional Innovation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analogiemodell; Ökologie; Qualitative Forschung; Systemischer Ansatz; Meeresbiologie; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Computernutzung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation
Abstract	A qualitative model of a system is an abstraction that captures ordinal knowledge and predicts the set of qualitatively possible behaviours of the system, given a qualitative description of its structure and initial state. This paper examines an innovative approach to science education using an interactive learning environment that supports learners in expressing and simulating conceptual knowledge by building qualitative models in ecology. The learning environment and tools are being developed as part of the DynaLearn qualitative modeling research project, funded by the European Union's 7th framework programme and carried out by a consortium of eight participant universities. In summing up the results, it is clear that from the perspective of systems thinking, the modeling activity affected students' perception of systems making them able to represent it in a more dynamic and comprehensive way. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01