Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ386295
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Teaching Model Building to High School Students: Theory and Reality.
Roberts, Nancy; Barclay, Tim
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, v8 n1 p13-16,24 Fall 1988
Builds on a National Science Foundation (NSF) microcomputer based laboratory project to introduce system dynamics into the precollege setting. Focuses on providing students with powerful and investigatory theory building tools. Discusses developed hardware, software, and curriculum materials used to introduce model building and simulations into high school mathematics, physics, and history. (Author/MVL)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Microcomputers, Models, Science Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Science, Systems Analysis, Teaching Methods, Theories, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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