Learning about dynamic problems with computer simulators: A case of system dynamics simulation models

Proceedings - The 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 569-571

  Sawicka, Agata ^a   Kopainsky, Birgit ^b   Gonzalez, Jose J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DYNAMICS; SIMULATORS; TECHNOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATES; COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; DYNAMIC PROBLEMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INTERACTIVE EXPLORATION; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES; NON-LINEAR; SYSTEM DYNAMICS SIMULATION; VIRTUAL LABORATORIES; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 51849114227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2008.130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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