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https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/3218| Title: | On Learning Electricity With Multi-Agent Based Computational Models (NIELS) |
| Authors: | Sengupta, Pratim Wilensky, Uri |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2008 |
| Publisher: | International Society of the Learning Sciences, Inc. |
| Citation: | Sengupta, P. & Wilensky, U. (2008). On Learning Electricity With Multi-Agent Based Computational Models (NIELS). In Kanselaar, G., Jonker, V., Kirschner, P. A., & Prins, F. J. (Eds.), International Perspectives in the Learning Sciences: Cre8ing a learning world. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference for the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2008, Volumes 3 (pp. 123-124). Utrecht, The Netherlands: International Society of the Learning Sciences. |
| Abstract: | We present NIELS (NetLogo Investigations in Electromagnetism, Sengupta & Wilensky, 2005, 2006), a multi-agent based learning environment that represents phenomena such as Electric Current, Resistance, etc in the form of "emergent" (Wilensky & Resnick, 1999) computational models. Based on a pilot implementation in a 7th grade classroom, we argue that NIELS models enable learners to "think in levels" (Wilensky & Resnick, 1999) which in turn enables them to bootstrap their existing object-based knowledge structures to engender a deep, expert-like understanding. |
| URI: | https://doi.dx.org/10.22318/icls2008.3.123 https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/3218 |
| Appears in Collections: | ICLS 2008 |
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