Educational sciences institutions are falling in popularity due to learning difficulties that students have when they choose an education in science. These difficulties could be overcome if these students are provided with a good causal understanding of the domain they are studying. A new pedagogical methodology established showing the differences between the standard teaching and the qualitative one. The latter including building and inspecting general models of physical systems using HOMER and VISIGARP.
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MASS deforms mass 7 0 spring force1
mass position1 I+ acceleration1
I+ speed1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 plus zero min position1(mass) plus zero min plus zero min