"Stratified Learning Zone"

NetLogo agent-based simulation of the emergence of classroom participation patterns.

Presented as a "dynamic figure" accompanying the CSCL paper...

Abrahamson, D., Blikstein, P., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Classroom model, model classroom: computer-supported methodology for investigating collaborative-learning pedagogy. Paper proposed for the biennial conference of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, Rutgers University, NJ, July 16 - 21, 2007.

• Click here to run the model in your browser
• Click here to download Movie1 and Movie 2, with excerpts from a running model (the movies were gerenated from an older version of the model).

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Working model

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How to Use This Simulation

• To run this simulation, press SETUP and then GO.
• To slow down the simulation, go to the slider that is on the top-left-hand corner of the simulation area, grab the little handle, and drag it to the left.
• Use GO ONCE if you want to see just a single run.
• Important: as this is a model used by the authors for their own research, some of the features are not embedded in the interface and require tweaking with the code itself. At this point, we cannot provide the full documentation as to enable users to utilize the model in its fullest extent. By the time of the camera-ready papers, the full model, together with a manual and all of its features embedded in the interface, will be available.