Learning Within Artificial Worlds (eBook, PDF)

Computer Based Modelling In The Curriculum
Redaktion: Mellar, Harvey; Ogborn, J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a description of the nature of modelling and an examination of the state of the art at present. The text is illustrated with case studies of funded projects in computer modelling and the book also reviews the different strategies that can

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317844853
• Artikelnr.: 40112603

Autorenporträt

Harvey Mellar is Senior Lecturer in Educational Computing at the Institute of Education. Joan Bliss is Reader in Education at King's College London. She studied and worked with Jean Piaget for ten years and whilst in Geneva worked for the Nuffield Mathematics Project, writing diagnostic tasks based on Piaget's work. Richard Boohan taught science and chemistry in London comprehensive schools before taking up a research post at the University of London Institute of Education. Jon Ogborn is Professor of Science Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Chris Tompsett is Deputy Director for the postgraduate programme of the School of Information Systems at Kingston University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The nature of modelling: computational issues in modelling, Jon
Ogborn and Rob Miller; representations and representation systems,
Haralambos Sakondis. Part 2 Mathematics and reality: reasoning with a
quantitative modelling tool, Richard Boohan and Tim Brosnan; integrating
situated-based and algebraic approaches - the role of spreadsheets,
Rosamund Sutherland; models and metaphors in reasoning about probability,
Peter Wilder. Part 3 Commonsense reasoning about quantities: reasoning with
a semi-quantitative tool, Joan Bliss. Part 4 Thinking with objects, links
and logic: an introduction to qualitative modelling tool, Joan Bliss and
Haralambos Sakondis; creating worlds with objects and events, Richard
Boohan.