Helping Students Learn To Model

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Helping Students Learn To Model

Everything on One Slide

Models

Model-Building

Simulation

Claims

DEVICE and BOOST

Research Questions

Related Work

Non-computational Modeling

Modeling and Simulation Environments

Model-building Environments

OO CASE Tools

DEVICE

DEVICE History

Student Problems

DEVICE 1.0

DEVICE 1.0

DEVICE 1.0 Pilot Evaluation

Learning Results

Increased Visibility

Explicit Linking

Modeling in DEVICE 2.0

DEVICE 2.0 Evaluation

Results

Why Students Learned from DEVICE 2.0

BOOST

Problem Domain

Student Process

OO Designs

Student Design Tendencies

Models in BOOST

BOOST as a Model-Building Environment

BOOST Extends DEVICE

Reducing Complexity in BOOST

Scenario: Problem Choice

Scenario: Class Choice

Scenario: Scenario

Experimental Design

Evaluation of Process

Evaluation of Designs

Summary

Expected Contribution

Timeline

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