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Peer reviewedBeech, Nic; MacIntosh, Robert; MacLean, Donald; Shepherd, Jill; Stokes, John – Management Learning, 2002
Explores some of the constraints on knowledge development through a multi-perspective examination of a project in which there was an intention and enacted process to develop knowledge. Engaged with the generic question of what the conditions that facilitate knowledge creation in organizations are, considers data from three theoretical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Knowledge Representation
Peer reviewedDemetriou, Andreas – Learning and Instruction, 1998
Outlines a general model about the dynamic organization and development of the mind and draws the implications of this model for learning and instruction by presenting 10 postulates about the organization of the mind and 1 general postulate about the dynamic relations between systems of the mind and the mind and education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Knowledge Representation
Download full textNelissen, Jo M. C.; Tomic, Welko – 1996
A cognitive or internal representation refers to an organized system of information which reflects certain, but not all, of the information about reality being represented. This paper considers various opinions, controversies, and debates about what representation is, how it comes about, and what forms of representation can be distinguished. The…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology
Takaoka, Ryo; Okamoto, Toshio – 1994
As a person learns, his problem solving ability improves and one reason for this is the increased acquisition of "macro-rules" which make problem solving more efficient. An intelligent computer assisted learning (ICAI) system is being developed which automatically acquires the useful knowledge from the domain experts; as experts give the learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design
Peer reviewedMaria, Katherine – Elementary School Journal, 1997
Traces change in conception of gravity in a boy from kindergarten until second grade, focusing on the process by which persons restructure ideas that differ from accepted scientific understandings, and acquire scientific ideas. Provides criteria for defining an alternative conception; suggests how conditions in the initial interview may have…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedSchnotz, Wolfgang; Preuss, Achim – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1997
Describes a theoretical framework for the analysis of conceptual change that considers conceptual knowledge as a generative cognitive tool for the creation of more specific mental representations. Argues that a task-oriented interaction between propositional structures and mental models can help learners evaluate the consistency of their…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures
