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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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Baker, Bruce D.; Richards, Craig E. – Journal of Education Finance, 2002
Discusses the use of dynamic systems modeling in the field of school finance policy. Provides detailed description of the use of computer-based systems-modeling simulations to New Jersey school finance equity problems. (Contains 37 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Policy