Evaluating the Effects of a New Qualitative Simulation Software (DynaLearn) on Learning Behavior, Factual and Causal Understanding

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  • Andreas Zitek
  • Michaela Poppe
  • Michael Stelzhammer
  • Susanne Muhar
  • Bert Bredeweg
چکیده

The data gathered during the pilot evaluations consisted of three components: (1) Video recordings capturing the modelling activities of two i:HTL students, their social interactions, questions and answers, analysed by using Transana (see Fig. 3 and 4); (2) Textual data, gathered by preand post-tests (to prove the change in content knowledge, Tab. 2) and analysed with the Atlas.ti (Fig. 5); (3) Motivation questionnaires (to collect attitudes, impressions and ideas). Evaluation results

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تاریخ انتشار 2011