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Effects of Simulation on Novices’ Understanding of the Concept of Inheritance in Conceptual Modeling

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In this paper we present our experience in the experimental development and use of simulation instrument for learning object-oriented conceptual modeling in a master level course on analysis and design of information systems. The focus of our research is on the teaching of one particular topic in object-oriented conceptual modeling - inheritance. The results from the pilot experimental study (with a student sample N = 32), demonstrate a positive effect of simulation-based learning method on the understanding by novice business analysts of the concept of inheritance when applied in a conceptual model.

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    The course page can be found on http://onderwijsaanbod.kuleuven.be/syllabi/e/D0I71AE.htm.

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    http://merode.econ.kuleuven.ac.be/mermaid.aspx.

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    MERODE is an Object Oriented Enterprise Modeling method. Its name is the abbreviation of Model driven, Existence dependency Relation, Object oriented DEvelopment. Cfr. http://merode.econ.kuleuven.be.

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  1. Management Information Systems, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Naamsestraat 69, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Gayane Sedrakyan & Monique Snoeck

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  2. Indian Institute of Technology, Gujarat, India

    Kamalakar Karlapalem

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Sedrakyan, G., Snoeck, M. (2015). Effects of Simulation on Novices’ Understanding of the Concept of Inheritance in Conceptual Modeling. In: Jeusfeld, M., Karlapalem, K. (eds) Advances in Conceptual Modeling. ER 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9382. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25747-1_32

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