Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) - The UTeach Institute
Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) - The UTeach Institute
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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