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The Role of Functionality in the Mental Representations of Engineering Students: Some Differences in the Early Stages of Expertise
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Moss, Jarrod; Kotovsky, Kenneth; Cagan, Jonathan – Cognitive Science, 2006
As engineers gain experience and become experts in their domain, the structure and content of their knowledge changes. Two studies are presented that examine differences in knowledge representation among freshman and senior engineering students. The first study examines recall of mechanical devices and chunking of components, and the second…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Seniors, Equipment, Knowledge Representation