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A model for teaching and research into computational modelling
Author(s) -
Santos A. C. Kurtz,
Ogborn J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2729.1992.tb00390.x
Subject(s) - computer science , computational model , management science , mathematical model , qualitative analysis , artificial intelligence , mathematics education , qualitative research , mathematics , engineering , social science , statistics , sociology
We propose an instructional model for computational modelling, based on a methodology commonly described in the mathematical modelling literature. Computational modelling should be seen both at the level of creation of a given model, and at that of learning through the construction of series of models. We present an analysis of the learning needed for the construction of a model, and a further level of analysis for what is needed to generalize from particular models. We describe a way of representing qualitative knowledge of relationships, through the construction of causal diagrams. Finally we present a framework for evaluation of teaching, related to the analysis.