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Designing To Learn About Complex Systems, Cindy Hmelo, Doug Holton, Janet Kolodner
Designing To Learn About Complex Systems, Cindy Hmelo, Doug Holton, Janet Kolodner
Douglas L Holton
Complex systems are commonly found in natural and physical science. Understanding such systems is often difficult because they may be viewed from multiple perspectives and their analysis may conflict with or extend beyond the range of everyday experience. There are many complex structural, behavioral, and functional relations to understand as well. Design activities, which allow explorations of how systems work, can be an excellent way to help children acquire a deeper, more systemic understanding of such complex domains. We report on a design experiment in which 6th grade children learned about the human respiratory system by designing artificial lungs and …
How People Learn With Computer Simulations, Doug Holton
How People Learn With Computer Simulations, Doug Holton
Douglas L Holton
Not only have educators and trainers alike begun to harness the power of instructional technology and human performance techniques, but now businesses and industries have incorporated these technologies for training development and performance improvement. The 'Handbook of Research on Human Performance and Instructional Technology' provides theoretical understanding of the essential link between education, training development, organization development, performance improvement, and instructional technology. An innovative publication useful to worldwide businesses, industry, schools, and higher academic institutions, this Handbook of Research is instrumental in providing the latest knowledge related to instructional technology and human performance in order to meet the needs and …