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Peer reviewedHabermann, Ted; Burton, Nancy; Frender, Kevin – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1998
Argues that there is a need to develop dynamic systems for structuring data to create information access and for allowing users to incorporate that information into their own knowledge base. Describes a system built on a simple, powerful content model. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Database Design, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedReed, W. Michael; Oughton, John M. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1998
Analyzes students' visual renderings of concepts related to the term "hypermedia" to determine whether groups, membership of which was based on a mixture of learning styles or a mixture of hypermedia knowledge, constructed concept maps that differed in terms of several factors. Learning style seemed to explain the types of interactions more than…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping
Peer reviewedTsai, Chin-Chung – Science Education, 1998
Explores the interaction between scientific epistemological beliefs and learning orientations in a group of Taiwanese eighth-grade students. Suggests the importance of employing a constructivist philosophy in the classroom. Contains 55 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education
