Many have suggested that AI-based interventions could enhance learning by personalization, improving teacher effective ness, or by optimizing educational processes. However, they could also have unintended or unexpected side-effects, such as undermining learning by enabling procrastination, or reducing …

Learning by creating qualitative representations is a valuable approach to learning. However, modelling is challenging for students, especially in secondary education. Support is needed to make this approach effective. To address this issue, we explore automated support provided to students while they …

In this paper, we focus on how the qualitative vocabulary of Dynalearn, which is used for describing dynamic systems, corresponds to the mathematical equations used in quantitative modeling. Then, we demonstrate the translation of a qualitative model into a quantitative model, using the example of an …

Thinking back and forth between observing physical phenomena and developing scientific ideas, also known as hands-on and minds-on learning, is essential for the development of scientific reasoning in primary science education. In the Netherlands, inquiry-based learning is advocated as the preferred teaching …

Stargazing Live! aims to capture the imagination of learners with a combination of live and interactive planetarium lessons, real astronomical data, and lessons built around interactive knowledge representations. The lessons were created using a co-creation model and tackle concepts in the pre-university …

We have developed a lesson in which learners interactively construct a qualitative representation about climate change and the decline of biodiversity by using the online software DynaLearn. They are supported by a built-in support function to notice mistakes, and they can run simulations to explore …

In het vierjarige project Denker wordt onderzocht hoe conceptueel modelleren effectief kan worden ingezet om bij leerlingen vaardigheid in systeemdenken te ontwikkelen. Tijdens een lesactiviteit van 1-2 lesuren gebruiken leerlingen de software Dynalearn om conceptuele modellen te maken waarbij vakinhoudelijke …

We developed an application which allows learners to construct qualitative representations of dynamic systems to aid them in learning subject content knowledge and system thinking skills simultaneously. Within this application, we implemented a lightweight support function which automatically generates …

Contemporary education increasingly involves a blended learning environment, which consists of a combination of offline and online delivery methods. Blended learning environments can motivate students to learn, but designing motivating blended learning environments is challenging and can result in environments …