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Download full textKonold, Clifford – 1987
This paper illustrates a model of the layperson's reasoning patterns under conditions of uncertainty, the "outcome approach," which was developed from analysis of videotaped problem-solving interviews with 16 undergraduate students. According to the outcome approach, the goal in questions of uncertainty is to predict the outcome of an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, College Science, Heuristics
