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The paper presents results of an experiment with using Delphi for simulating dynamic systems at upper secondary level. The experiment was carried out at a grammar school (age 15 – 19) in Slovakia. Free fall and projectile motion in a vacuum was simulated. A questionnaire was given to the students after the experiment about whether they were interested in creating the model and wanted to go further with adding drag or simulating other systems. The responses showed that there is a great potential in modeling at upper secondary level for motivating to go study STEM.
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Benacka, J., Reichel, J. (2013). Computer Modeling with Delphi. In: Diethelm, I., Mittermeir, R.T. (eds) Informatics in Schools. Sustainable Informatics Education for Pupils of all Ages. ISSEP 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7780. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36617-8_12
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