@inproceedings{b48dade9265640acbf8f3ee5cd4fc7a1,
title = "Understanding Students{\textquoteright} Representations of Mechanism through Modeling Complex Aquatic Ecosystems",
abstract = "This study examines how 5th grade students represent the mechanisms of a complex aquatic ecosystem in the Modeling and Evidence Mapping Environment (MEME), a software tool designed to support students in iteratively modeling the elements within a complex system, and their relationships to each other. We explore the various ways students represented mechanisms of an aquatic ecosystem through their models and present our findings on the patterns that emerged and the unexpected ways that mechanisms were utilized within student models.",
keywords = "complex systems, CSCL, mechanistic reasoning, modeling, science education",
author = "Zachary Ryan and Joshua Danish and Hmelo-Silver, \{Cindy E.\}",
note = "We wish to acknowledge the National Science Foundation, parents, teachers, and student participants, collaborators at Indiana University and Rutgers University, and the software developers at Inquirium.; 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2021 ; Conference date: 08-06-2021 Through 11-06-2021",
year = "2021",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS",
publisher = "International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)",
pages = "601--604",
editor = "\{de Vries\}, Erica and Yotam Hod and June Ahn",
booktitle = "ISLS Annual Meeting 2021 Reflecting the Past and Embracing the Future - 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2021",
address = "United States",
}