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Ward, Robin E.; Wandersee, James H. – International Journal of Science Education, 2002
Explores the effects of Roundhouse diagram construction on a previously low-performing middle school science student's struggles to understand abstract science concepts and principles. Based on a metacognition-based visual learning model, aims to elucidate the process by which Roundhouse diagramming helps learners bootstrap their current…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Learning Processes