Maximizing the Potential of Transparent Simulations by Combining Performance Goals with Learning Goals and Exploratory Guidance in a Dynamically Complex Task [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) (18th, Virtual, Oct 13-15, 2021).

Autor/inn/en	Capelo, Carlos; Pereira, Renato
Titel	Maximizing the Potential of Transparent Simulations by Combining Performance Goals with Learning Goals and Exploratory Guidance in a Dynamically Complex Task [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) (18th, Virtual, Oct 13-15, 2021).
Quelle	(2021), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Computer Simulation; Teaching Methods; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Goal Orientation; Performance; Comprehension; Program Effectiveness; Academic Achievement; Discovery Learning; Foreign Countries; Business Administration Education; Portugal (Lisbon) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Achievement; Leistung; Verstehen; Verständnis; Schulleistung; Entdeckendes Lernen; Ausland
Abstract	Simulation-based learning environments have been proposed by researchers, as educational tools to support learning in complex business systems. However, studies have evidenced that subjects may nevertheless have great difficulty understanding and managing dynamic systems. Previous research has revealed positive learning and performance effects of using transparent simulations (that is, revealing users the structure and behaviour of the simulator model). This study explores the effects of combining exploratory guidance, learning goals, and performance goals in a transparent simulation of a dynamically complex system. We present a set of hypotheses about the influence of different goal-setting conditions on participants' performance and comprehension of the system dynamics. In a simulation experiment, participants interacted with a system dynamics model representing the growth of a business venture. Participants who previously worked higher learning goals under exploratory guidance and were then submitted to higher performance goals (compared to vague goals) achieved higher performance and demonstrated better comprehension of the model dynamics. However, participants who were only subjected to more specific, high performance goals (compared to vague performance goals) did not improve their outcomes and revealed larger differences within the treatment group. Two out of the four hypotheses were confirmed. In a transparent simulation of a dynamically complex system, setting specific, high learning goals, previously worked through exploratory guidance, positively moderates the impact of the level of performance goals on the comprehension of the model dynamics and performance. [For the full proceedings, see ED621108.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/4/11