An Articulate Model of the Water Cycle
- Student: Jaeque Koeman
- Onderdeel afstudeerproject: werkstuk (incl. lit. scriptie en stage)
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- Afgerond: Augustus 2003
- Begeleiding: Dr. B. Bredeweg
Samenvatting
This study describes several qualitative models capable of reasoning
about the behaviour of the ecological domain of the water cycle.
Qualitative models are useful in terms of explicit knowledge
communication, and they can form a component of an intelligent tutoring
environment. Particular methodological aspects of the design of
qualitative models support the construction of simulation models that
are suited for didactic purposes. Given this purpose, conceptual
knowledge is captured in model fragments, which describe structures and
processes. The domain of the water cycle can be viewed and explained
with various scopes. Following ideas on how to structure the
communication of knowledge, qualitative models inhabiting different
levels of detail and perspective have been developed, each resulting in
a particular simulation. The simulations are discussed and analysed,
focusing on knowledge communication with the use of computer systems
that are based on theories from cognitive science, artificial
intelligence and instructional science.