The interactions between problem solving and conceptual change: System dynamic modelling as a platform for learning

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1145-1158

  Lee, Chwee Beng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Interactive learning environments; Learning strategies; Simulations

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL CHANGE; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY SCIENCE; EPISTEMOLOGICAL BELIEFS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING OUTCOME; LEARNING STRATEGY; PLATFORM FOR LEARNING; PROBLEM REPRESENTATION; STRUCTURAL KNOWLEDGE; SYSTEM DYNAMIC MODELS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77955549721     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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