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Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) - The UTeach Institute

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Adem Ekmekci & Gladys Krause<br />

<strong>UTeach</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> - NMSI Annual Conference<br />

Austin, TX / May 24 – 26, 2011<br />

Designing <strong>MEAs</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Model</strong> Construction<br />

Principle<br />

• Does the task create the need for a model to be<br />

constructed, modified, extended, or redefined?<br />

• Does the task involve constructing, explaining,<br />

manipulating, predicting or controlling a structurally<br />

interesting system?<br />

• Is attention focused on underlying patterns &<br />

regularities rather than on surface-level<br />

characteristics?<br />

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