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Peer reviewedGreca, Ileana Maria; Moreira, Marco Antonio – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Reviews science education research into representations constructed by students in their interactions with the world, its phenomena, and artefacts. Features discussions of mental models, conceptual models, and the activity of modeling. (Contains 30 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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
