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Veldhuis, G. Henry – Science Education, 1990
The nature of cluster analysis and dendograms, subjects, tasks, and results of this study are described. Categories for problems were based on assumptions about the methods used by novice and expert problem solvers in a physics context. (CW)
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Structures, College Science

Walsh, James P.; Charalambides, Leonidas C. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Presents findings of a study involving 34 undergraduates, examining how exposure to different belief structures might change an individual's belief structure. Suggests that, when the individual is high in public self-conscious, their belief structures will change after encountering different belief structures. Implies that public posturing can…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cognitive Structures, Decision Making, Higher Education