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Solaz-Portoles, Joan Josep; Lopez, Vicent Sanjose – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2007
In this paper we focus on some of the findings of the science education research community in the area of representations and problem solving. Problem solving depends on the construction and manipulation of mental models (internal representations) in the mind. A large knowledge base (declarative, procedural, strategic, situational, and schematic…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Metacognition, Short Term Memory
Kennedy, David M.; Fritze, Paul – 1998
This paper reports on a project involving the development and formative evaluation of an interactive World Wide Web-based learning tool. The interactive graphing tool (IGT) permits students to sketch a graph on screen using a mouse and responds to a wide range of common graph types. The IGT facilitates an iterative approach to understanding…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Development