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dc.contributor.authorKopainsky, Birgit
dc.contributor.authorAlessi, Stephen M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-02T11:09:25Z
dc.date.available2016-08-02T11:09:25Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-01
dc.PublishedSystems 2015, 3(4):152-176eng
dc.identifier.issn2079-8954
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/12385
dc.description.abstractPrior exploration is an instructional strategy that has improved performance and understanding in system-dynamics-based simulators, but only to a limited degree. This study investigates whether model transparency, that is, showing users the internal structure of models, can extend the prior exploration strategy and improve learning even more. In an experimental study, participants in a web-based simulation learned about and managed a small developing nation. All participants were provided the prior exploration strategy but only half received prior exploration embedded in a structure-behavior diagram intended to make the underlying model’s structure more transparent. Participants provided with the more transparent strategy demonstrated better understanding of the underlying model. Their performance, however, was the equivalent to those in the less transparent condition. Combined with previous studies, our results suggest that while prior exploration is a beneficial strategy for both performance and understanding, making the model structure transparent with structure-behavior diagrams is more limited in its effect.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherMDPIeng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0eng
dc.subjectdynamic decision makingeng
dc.subjectinstructional overlayseng
dc.subjectinteractive learning environmenteng
dc.subjectmodel transparencyeng
dc.subjectperformanceeng
dc.subjectsimulation gamingeng
dc.subjectsystem dynamicseng
dc.subjecttransfer of learningeng
dc.subjectunderstandingeng
dc.titleEffects of structural transparency in system dynamics simulators on performance and understandingeng
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.date.updated2016-04-11T12:47:52Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2015 The Authorsen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/systems3040152
dc.identifier.cristin1277781
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 217931


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