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Nokes, Timothy J.; Hausmann, Robert G. M.; VanLehn, Kurt; Gershman, Sophia – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
Cognitive science principles should have implications for the design of effective learning environments. The self-explanation principle was chosen for the current work because it has developed significantly over the last 20 years. Early formulations hypothesized that self-explanation facilitated inference generation to supply missing information…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Physics, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science
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Bouwer, Anders; Bredeweg, Bert – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
This article presents the design and evaluation of a tool for inspecting conceptual models of system behaviour. The basis for this research is the Garp framework for qualitative simulation. This framework includes modelling primitives, such as entities, quantities and causal dependencies, which are combined into model fragments and scenarios.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Representation, Ecology, Models