A computer language system for model building and experimentation
Richard J. Hartley, R. Lewis† · International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology · 1982
The computer offers the possibility of allowing students to explore mathematical ideas, but for them to become fluent in the use of existing model‐building languages makes excessive demands on many students. The paper describes an attempt to overcome this fluency barrier by allowing students to express their ideas for models in a friendly environment. Whilst the language MODL relieves the students of complex numerical methods, it does not take away the need for them to formulate a model in a logical and consistent way. To aid software portability the language is written in BASIC and was developed on a microcomputer with good graphical display characteristics.