Abstract
In line with the advancement of technology in the teaching and learning landscape, this chapter discusses how systems dynamic tools support problem solving. Problem solving not only plays a central role in education (Taconis, Ferguson-Hessler & Broekkamp, 2001) but is also the most important cognitive process in our everyday life. Almost everything we do revolve around problem solving. In this chapter, I argue that to foster meaningful learning, problem solving tasks must be embedded in authentic learning context and supported by activities such as systems modelling that seek to enable problem solvers to externalise their mental model in the most engaging way which will eventually lead them to the construction of more sophisticated conceptual frameworks.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ICT for Self-Directed and Collaborative Learning |
| Editors | Ching Sing Chai, Qiyun Wang |
| Place of Publication | Singapore |
| Publisher | Prentice Hall |
| Pages | 197-211 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789810682309 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |