Evaluating the use of qualitative reasoning models by secondary school teachers

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The present work describes an interdisciplinary evaluation activity of learning by modelling involving secondary school teachers. DynaLearn software functionalities (www.dynalearn.eu) were presented to teachers in a course. They created their own models integrating knowledge from different areas by developing interdisciplinary projects. During the course, the teachers discussed difficulties and facilities found during the modelling activities; aspects related to motivation and support in the context of the teacher–student interaction; how the software can be brought into the classroom; and educational activities that could be developed in their disciplines. The results suggest an improvement in the identification of causal inferences after modelling activities performed by the secondary school teachers. The teachers were positively motivated to explore models, to engage in a modelling activity and to learn more about the phenomena being studied with DynaLearn support. Initiatives of this type may become the basis for preparing teachers to work out scientific concepts with the support of QR models.

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