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Models in Explanations, Part 1: Horses for Courses?
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Gilbert, John K.; Boulter, Carolyn; Rutherford, Margaret – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Seeks to identify some of the issues associated with the role of models in scientific explanations. Develops a typology of explanations and explores the notion of appropriateness in scientific explanations. Investigates the nature of models and their contribution to explanations. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Epistemology, Foreign Countries
Models in Explanations, Part 2: Whose Voice? Whose Ears?
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Gilbert, John K.; Boulter, Carolyn; Rutherford, Margaret – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Seeks to identify some of the issues associated with the role of models in scientific explanations. Discusses factors which may influence the way that those explanations are understood and the judgment of their appropriateness by the various audiences involved. Contains 55 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Epistemology, Foreign Countries