• The effect of prior exploration as an instructional strategy in system dynamics learning environments 

      Kopainsky, Birgit; Alessi, Stephen M.; Pedercini, Matteo; Davidsen, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      In complex simulation-based learning environments, participants’ learning and performance may suffer due to demands on their cognitive processing, their struggle to develop adequate mental models, failure to transfer what ...
    • System dynamics and simulation-gaming: Overview 

      Alessi, Stephen M.; Kopainsky, Birgit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Purpose. This article summarizes the nine contributions to the symposium on system dynamics. The goal of the symposium is to investigate how research in system dynamics is contributing to simulation-gaming, and how the ...