Learning About and Through Empirical Modelling

Empirical Modelling is a body of principles and tools that has been developed for the construction of interactive environments. Our previous research has indicated respects in which Empirical Modelling is intimately linked with learning activity of many different varieties. In this paper, we recount informal evidence in support of this claim that can be drawn from the assessment exercise attached to the “Introduction to Empirical Modelling ” module offered in Computer Science at the University of Warwick. This assessment takes the form of an open-ended modelling and paper-writing exercise. Such an exercise is shown to be effective for learning abou