There is a strong push from within mathematics education reform to incorporate representations in math classrooms (Behr, Harel, Post, & Lesh, 1993; Kieren, 1993; NCTM, 2000). However, questions regarding what representations should be used (for a given topic) and how representations should be used (such that students gain a deep understanding of…

The purpose of this thesis is to improve our understanding of sensemaking process as a basis for building better systems to assist sensemaking. Sensemaking is the task of creating an understanding of a problem or task so that further actions may be taken in an informed manner. Sensemaking is a pre-requisite for many other tasks such as decision…

The purpose of this study was to describe how male, collegiate, certified athletic trainers (AT's) represent knowledge during 5 injury evaluation scenarios. A second purpose of the study was to identify what self-regulatory behaviors participants engaged in to improve or maintain their skills. Knowledge representation was studied as cue selection…