Simulation and Learning : A Model-Centered Approach / / by Franco Landriscina

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910438325703321
• Autore: Landriscina Franco
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013
• ISBN: 9781461419549; 1461419549
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 003.3; 153; 370; 371.3
• Soggetti: Learning, Psychology of; Cognitive psychology; Educational technology; Computer simulation; Instructional Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Digital Education and Educational Technology; Computer Modelling
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. An Introduction to Simulation for Learning -- 2. Simulation and Cognition -- 3. Models Everywhere -- 4. Simulation Modeling -- 5. Simulation-Based Learning -- 6. Simulations for Thinking -- 7. Simulation-Based Instruction -- Simulation Resources.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book conveys the incredible instructional potential of simulation as a modality of education and provides guidelines for the design of effective simulation-based learning environments. The framework of the book consists of model-centered learning---learning that requires a restructuring of individual mental models utilized by both students and teachers. Simulation models extend our biological capacity to carry ; out simulative reasoning. Recent approaches to mental modeling, such as embodied cognition and the extended mind hypothesis are also considered in the book, which relies heavily on recent advances in cognitive science. A conceptual model called the “epistemic simulation cycle” is proposed as a blueprint for the comprehension of the cognitive activities involved in simulation-based learning and for instructional design.