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Download full textLand, Susan M.; Hannafin, Michael J. – 1996
Open-ended learning environments (OELEs) like microworlds have been touted as one approach for blending learning theory and emerging technology to support the building of student-centered understanding. The learning process involves developing a theory-in-action--an intuitive theory that is generated and changed by learners as they reflect upon…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Courseware, Decision Making, Educational Technology
Causey, Robert L. – Perspectives in Computing: Applications in the Academic and Scientific Community, 1987
Describes two interactive computer programs that simulate abstract relationships and require students to use inductive reasoning, form and test hypotheses, and analyze functions of systems and the reasoning processes required to understand them. Their development and use in college philosophy of science courses is outlined, and possible future…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware
