Discovery With Models: A Case Study on Carelessness in Computer-Based Science Inquiry

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1480-1499

  Hershkovitz, Arnon ^a   de Baker, Ryan Shaun Joazeiro ^a   Gobert, Janice ^b   Wixon, Michael ^b   Pedro, Michael Sao ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

carelessness; discovery with models; educational data mining; goal orientation; learning analytics; science inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883747195     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213479365     Document Type: Article

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