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Publications and Research Reports:

NSF FINAL REPORT: An Inquiry-Based Simulation Learning Environment for the Ecology of Forest Growth. Submitted to NSF April 2003. Tom Murray, Larry Winship, Neil Stillings, Esther Shartar, Ayala Galton, Ryan Moore, Roger Bellin.
[ full report -- 80 page PDF] [ Executuve Summary -- 5 page PDF]

MERLOT (Multimedia Resrouce for Education and On-line Learning) review of SimForest (Five stars!)

Classroom Strategies for Simulation-Based Collaborative Inquiry Learning. Murray, T. (2004). (Exteneded version) Proceedings of ICLS-2004, San Mateo, June, 2004. [MSWord]

Evaluation of the SimForest Inquiry Learning Environment: Inquiry Cycles and Collaborative Teaching Practices . Murray, T., Winship, L., & Stillings, N. (2004). Presented at AERA, April 2004, San Diego. [PDF]

Toward Characterizing Best-Practice Pedagogy for Inquiry in Simulation-Based Leaning Environments. Proceedings of Cognitive Science. Murray, T., Winship, L. , Stillings, N. (2003). July, 2003, Boston, MA.

Measuring Inquiry Cycles in Simulation-Based Leaning Environments. Murray, T., Winship, L. , Stillings, N. (2003). Proceedings of Cognitive Science, July, 2003, Boston, MA.

Toward Glass Box Educational Simulations: Reifying Models for Inspection and Design. AIED-2001 workshop: External Representations in AIED. (extended version)
Tom Murray, Larry Winship, Roger Bellin, Matt Cornell (2001). [MSWord]

A Inquiry-Based Simulation Learning Environment for the Ecology of Forest Growth. NSF Grant Proposal. [HTML] [MSWord]

Writing an Inquiry Based Curriculum for Forest Ecology that Uses a Computer Simuation of Forest Dynamics as a Tool for Learning. Esther Shartar's Senior Thesis. [MSWord]

SimForest PowerPoint Presentation (AERA 2004).

Scientific Inquiry What is it? -- by Ester Shartar

SimForest Poster (1 meg PDF file)