dc.contributor.author	Eckleberry, Virgil Vernon	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Georgia	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	2000-2001	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-10-07T18:45:43Z	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-02T17:28:49Z
dc.date.available	2009-10-07T18:45:43Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2011-03-02T17:28:49Z
dc.date.issued	2001-12	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/415	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of system dynamics computer modeling software would affect student ability to recognize cause-effect relationships in reading selections. Pre- and posttests were administered to measure changes in reading comprehension and a pre- and post-intervention Likert Scale survey was administered to determine changes in student attitudes relating to the use of computer software in reading instruction. A performance rubric was also used to gauge progress specifically related to using system dynamics computer modeling techniques for identifying cause-effect relationships in reading selections. The setting was an inner city gifted center and the participants were fourth and fifth- graders who attend the center one day per week. System dynamics strategies were used to examine reading selections and, as the culminating activity, STELLA computer modeling software was used to model diagrams of the causal relationships within stories. Because of the one- group pretestposttest design, no conclusive results could be obtained, however, it was concluded, based on observations and data, that the ability of students to recognize cause-effect relationships in selected readings improved as a result of the intervention.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	system dynamics	en_US
dc.subject	computer modeling software	en_US
dc.subject	cause-effect relationships	en_US
dc.subject	STELLA	en_US
dc.title	Using System Dynamics Computer Modeling Software to Teach Cause-Effect Relationships in Reading Selections	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Curriculum and Instructional Technology	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Schmertzing, Lorraine	en_US
dc.description.committee	Zahner, Jane	en_US
dc.description.committee	Leader, Lars	en_US
dc.description.degree	Ed.S.	en_US
dc.description.major	Instructional Technology	en_US