Supporting young children’s scientific development with self-constructed models

Description of research

During the final years of primary education, development of scientific literacy is an important objective, for instance in the domains of physics and geography. For older students, constructing models of studied systems can be an effective way to enhance understanding of these systems. This study concerns the introduction of model construction and simulation activities to science education in primary school. The main focus will be on a creating and evaluating a drawing-based modeling and simulation environment that is intuitive to use for young students.

Advisor(s)

Prof.dr. W.R. (Wouter) van Joolingen

Dr. A.H. (Hannie) Gijlers

Dr. L. (Lars) Bollen

Duration

2009 – 2014

Funding institution

University of Twente, IBR, CTIT

Strategic Research Orientation

NICE - Natural Interaction in Computer-mediated Environments

Links to relevant web pages:

http://www.utwente.nl/gw/ist/medewerkers/Promovendi/frank_leenaars/

http://www.modeldrawing.eu/

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Home CTIT symposium 2013 About CTIT News NIRICT Research Meet the PhDs Working at CTIT Internal Information Conferences Open Calls (updated May 3, 2013) Library and Videos Knowledge Transfer Links Sitemap Search	Supporting young children’s scientific development with self-constructed models Description of research During the final years of primary education, development of scientific literacy is an important objective, for instance in the domains of physics and geography. For older students, constructing models of studied systems can be an effective way to enhance understanding of these systems. This study concerns the introduction of model construction and simulation activities to science education in primary school. The main focus will be on a creating and evaluating a drawing-based modeling and simulation environment that is intuitive to use for young students. Advisor(s) Prof.dr. W.R. (Wouter) van Joolingen Dr. A.H. (Hannie) Gijlers Dr. L. (Lars) Bollen Duration 2009 – 2014 Funding institution University of Twente, IBR, CTIT Strategic Research Orientation NICE - Natural Interaction in Computer-mediated Environments Links to relevant web pages: http://www.utwente.nl/gw/ist/medewerkers/Promovendi/frank_leenaars/ http://www.modeldrawing.eu/ Pictures $Description: C:\Users\Frank\Desktop\Promotieonderzoek\Photo Frank Leenaars.jpg$