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Download full textMandinach, Ellen B.; Thorpe, Margaret E. – 1987
This document reports on the first year of the STACI (Systems Thinking and Curriculum Innovation) project, a two-year project which is examining the cognitive demands and consequences of using the STELLA (Structural Thinking Experimental Learning Laboratory with Animation) software to teach systems thinking, content knowledge, and problem solving.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedMandinach, Ellen B. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1987
This study investigated the degree to which seventh- and eighth-grade students of different abilities acquired strategic planning knowledge from a problem-solving computer game called Wumpus. Regression analysis was used to determine the influences of individual differences and either activating or modeling instruction, and to assess transfer of…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Intermode Differences
Mandinach, Ellen B. – 1988
This paper examines the effect of using a systems thinking approach in existing secondary school curricula to teach content-specific knowledge as well as general problem solving skills, and the effect of using STELLA (Structural Thinking Experimental Learning Laboratory with Animation), a simulation-modeling software program, as a tool by which to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
Mandinach, Ellen B.; Thorpe, Margaret E. – 1988
This is the second of two reports on the first year activities and results of the Systems Thinking and Curriculum Innovation Project (STACI), a two-year project which is examining the cognitive demands and consequences of using the STELLA (Structural Thinking Experimental Learning Laboratory with Animation) software to teach systems thinking,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis
