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Igor Bascandziev – Cognitive Science, 2024
The ability to recognize and correct errors in one's explanatory understanding is critically important for learning. However, little is known about the mechanisms that determine when and under what circumstances errors are detected and how they are corrected. The present study investigated thought experiments as a potential tool that can reveal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Experiments, Schemata (Cognition), Cognitive Science
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Breno Arsioli Moura – Science & Education, 2024
In 1752, the American polymath Benjamin Franklin supposedly flew a kite near the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to confirm that lightning had the same properties of common electricity that electrical machines produced and Leyden jars served to store. Illustrations, vignettes and paintings frequently portray the famous experiment, showing…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Experiments, Illustrations, Content Analysis