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Crowley, Kevin, Ed.; Schunn, Christian D., Ed.; Okada, Takeshi, Ed. – 2001
This book focuses on three particular context-specific accounts of scientific thinking. The first section of the book presents research focused on extending knowledge of the fundamental components of scientific thinking. In the second section, research is presented that is focused primarily on how to build a structure for scientific thinking in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Download full textKim, J. B. – 1998
The purpose of this study was to examine Edward Lorenz's psychological processes and other environmental aspects in the discovery of chaos at that time. The general concept of chaos is discussed based on relations with previous scientific theories such as Newtonian physics and quantum mechanics. The constraints of discovery in terms of available…
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation, Computers
