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Arnold, Ross D.; Wade, Jon P. – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2017
The U.S. defense industry spends billions of dollars each year developing defense systems to keep the nation and allies secure. However, the failure rate of system development is notoriously high. Even when development efforts do succeed, they often do so with cost overruns and compromises in system performance. As a result, large amounts of money…
Descriptors: Robotics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Systems Approach
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Torres, Nestor V. – Bioscience Education, 2013
Systems Biology, one of the current approaches to the understanding of living things, aims to understand the behaviour of living systems through the creation of mathematical models that integrate the available knowledge of the system's component parts and the relations among them. Accordingly, model building should play a central part in any…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Biology, Mathematical Models, College Science
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Ellington, Henry – Simulation & Gaming, 2012
In this invited autobiography, the author describes the impact that educational gaming and simulation has had on his professional career. He begins by reviewing his early life and education in Aberdeen and his subsequent work as a research scientist, schoolteacher, and physics lecturer. He then shows how he changed disciplines from physics to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Games, Systems Approach, Autobiographies
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Vattam, Swaroop S.; Goel, Ashok K.; Rugaber, Spencer; Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; Jordan, Rebecca; Gray, Steven; Sinha, Suparna – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
Artificial intelligence research on creative design has led to Structure-Behavior-Function (SBF) models that emphasize functions as abstractions for organizing understanding of physical systems. Empirical studies on understanding complex systems suggest that novice understanding is shallow, typically focusing on their visible structures and…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Middle School Students, Models, Science Instruction
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Shute, Valerie J.; Masduki, Iskandaria; Donmez, Oktay – Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, 2010
The first challenge of accomplishing the goals of any successful instructional system depends on accurately assessing learners and leveraging the information to improve learning (e.g., Conati, 2002; Park & Lee, 2003; Shute, Lajoie, & Gluck, 2000; Snow, 1994). This paper describes an approach for modeling key competencies and developing…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Feedback (Response), Thinking Skills
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Brehmer, Berndt; Dorner, Dietrich – Computers in Human Behavior, 1993
Discusses experimental work with computer-simulated microworlds as a means for overcoming the tension between laboratory research and field research in psychology. Topics addressed include characteristics of microworlds; examples of microworlds; and three approaches to research with microworlds, including the individual differences approach, case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Simulation, Field Studies, Individual Differences
Peterson, Steven – Environmental Education Report and Newsletter, 1985
Explains the computer-based modeling "language" of Structural Thinking and Experiential Learning Laboratory with Animation (STELLA) and its applications to environmental education. Describes STELLA's interactive capabilities through an example of a program on predator-prey interactions. Recommends the use of STELLA for clarification of…
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware
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Klabbers, Jan H. G. – Simulation & Gaming, 2000
Discusses systems dynamics (SD) and considers the types of learning environments that can be designed on the basis of SD models. Highlights include social systems theory; classical systems theory and autopoietic systems theory; models of social systems; computer-based learning environments; simulation modes; and participative design of interactive…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer System Design, Educational Environment
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Mandinach, Ellen B.; Cline, Hugh F. – Interactive Learning Environments, 1994
Examines how systems thinking, simulation, and modeling affect secondary school teachers' classroom processes. Highlights include a two-dimensional matrix to show patterns of adaptation, teacher proficiency with technology, curriculum development, time constraints, teacher training, expertise, accountability, administrative issues, and the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Simulation, Curriculum Development, Matrices
Bodzin, Alec M.; Park, John C. – 1999
The Carolina Coastal Science Web site is an instructional system defined as an arrangement of resources and procedures used to promote learning. This paper describes the blending of a systems approach to instructional design with additional constructivist elements in order to develop the Carolina Coastal Science Web site. The Web site is an online…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bodzin, Alec M; Park, John C. – Meridian, 1999
Illustrates how the Dick and Carey systems approach model (1990) can still be used as part of the instructional design and developmental process in an inquiry-based online constructivist learning environment. Focuses on the Shell Island Dilemma, a scientific inquiry simulation on the Carolina Coastal Science Web site. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Constructivism (Learning), Environmental Education
Mandinach, Ellen B.; Cline, Hugh F. – 1992
This paper describes a theoretical perspective in which teacher performance and classroom procedures in technology-based settings can be observed and compared. The paper uses as an example the Systems Thinking and Curriculum Innovation Network (STACIN) Project, which implements a simulation-modeling software package as an analytic problem solving…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Course Content
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Levary, Reuven R. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1986
Discusses the use of simulations to study complex real-life systems in engineering. Describes some of the limitations of using simulations. Identifies some situations in which computer simulations are practical and useful tools for the design, analysis, and evaluation of systems. (TW)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education
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Cantor, Jeffrey A. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1989
Describes a four-phased process used by the U.S. Navy for the systematic design and development of interactive videodisc (IVD) courseware (ICW) used for training. Highlights include analyzing job/task data; system design and development, including training objectives, simulations, procedural path analysis, and feedback strategies; and evaluation…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer System Design, Courseware