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Miller, Larry S.; Nakhleh, Mary B.; Nash, John J.; Meyer, Jeanne A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2004
Students' attitudes toward and conceptual understanding of chemical instrumentation is surveyed. The study shows that, in general, the students' attitudes toward using instrumentation in the lab is quite positive and they felt that using instrumentation in the lab allowed them not only to connect "chemistry" and the "real world", but also to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Instrumentation, Chemistry, Surveys
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Artigue, Michele – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2002
Presents an anthropological approach used in French research and the theory of instrumentation developed in cognitive ergonomics. Shows how these frameworks allow an approach to the educational use of CAS technology, focusing on the unexpected complexity of instrumental genesis, mathematical needs of instrumentation, status of instrumented…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
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Brockway, Jennifer Howard; Bryant, Fred B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1998
Profiles a class exercise that teaches the importance of developing an accurate definition of a psychological construct (guilt, control, altruism). The more precise the definition, the easier it is to choose an appropriate technique to measure that construct. Discusses the Health and Psychosocial Instrument File, a recent measurement database.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Definitions