Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1108619 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences | 2016 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Schoolteachers could enhance learning in social science courses by using teaching tools that favour a methodological approach focused on the topics’ basic structure rather than on facts. An innovative system dynamics social-based ILE built with a social constructivist approach is presented here. The pedagogical futures of this ILE are then analysed. The effective impact of different instructional approaches inspired by social-based ILEs on student learning outcomes is also discussed. The ILE and the related inquiry-based instructional approach seem to help students understand fundamental concepts more easily, thus making the topic more comprehensible and helping students place the social facts into a structured scheme.
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