Using knowledge engineering to teach science. . Knowledge engineering, during which knowledge engineers and domain experts struggle to build precise representations of target domains, can serve as an innovative model for teaching science. The process improves the domain understanding of knowledge engineers and domain experts. Mind of this, we attempted to exploit knowledge engineering s pedagogical potential by engaging high school students in an expert system project at Trinity College. Serving as knowledge engineers, the students developed an expert system for identifying tree species.
Project evaluation indicates that students mastered target knowledge.
Also, they enjoyed taking a somewhat different approach to this standard junior high school subject. The success of the experiment supports our view that knowledge engineering should be considered as an innovative approach for teaching scientific subjects and improving independent learning skills.