In 2018-19, project CRYSTAL has expanded to include computer modeling.  We studied the impact of computer modeling on students’ understanding of causal links in decomposition and how classroom interactions changed when computer modeling was introduced.

PhD student Ha Nguyen and Dr. Santagata have co-authored a publication on this work:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/tea.21674?casa_token=6QMZVGuSpzoAAAAA%3AHha1i2ycBd89sA4s7jUBabexMPhtUW3XSNwXwppDDYyCyEqzE5_abvaQn9W3dL2R4mh1kZIKJQL2nXg