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Hjorth, Arthur; Wilensky, Uri – Informatics in Education, 2014
In spite of decades of use of agent-based modelling in social policy research and in educational contexts, very little work has been done on combining the two. This paper accounts for a proof-of-concept single case-study conducted in a college-level Social Policy course, using agent-based modelling to teach students about the social and human…
Descriptors: Urban Planning, Constructivism (Learning), Case Studies, Public Policy
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Pretelín-Ricárdez, Angel; Sacristán, Ana Isabel – Informatics in Education, 2015
We present some results of an ongoing research project where university engineering students were asked to construct videogames involving the use of physical systems models. The objective is to help them identify and understand the elements and concepts involved in the modelling process. That is, we use game design as a constructionist approach…
Descriptors: Video Games, Engineering Education, College Students, Design