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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ925007
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 19
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The Role of Model Building in Problem Solving and Conceptual Change
Lee, Chwee Beng; Jonassen, David; Teo, Timothy
Interactive Learning Environments, v19 n3 p247-265 2011
This study examines the effects of the activity of building systems models for school-based problems on problem solving and on conceptual change in elementary science classes. During a unit on the water cycle in an Asian elementary school, students constructed systems models of the water cycle. We found that representing ill-structured problems as system models improves problem solving as well as creating beneficial conceptual change related to the topic. (Contains 7 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Water, Problem Solving, Models, Science Education, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Simulation, Middle Schools, Computer Software, Intervention, Control Groups, Grade 5
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5
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Language: English
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