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Peer reviewedWelzel, Manuela – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Takes a situated-cognition perspective on learning and cognitive development. Presents a detailed framework that includes operationalizations for levels of situated learning. Contains 31 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Concept Formation, Context Effect
Download full textMitchelmore, Michael C.; White, Paul – 1995
This paper explores a framework for research on the development of the angle concept based on theories of abstraction. The framework suggests that children initially acquire a body of disconnected angle knowledge situated in everyday experiences, group the situations to form angle contexts, and then form an abstract angle concept. The framework is…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Context Effect, Foreign Countries
Direct linkHung, David; Looi, Chee-Kit; Koh, Thiam-Seng – Educational Technology & Society, 2004
This paper considers the work of Martin Heidegger and its relation to situated cognition. The motivation for the paper springs from the perceived misconception that many educators have on situated cognition by applying situated learning strategies in a dualistic orientation, whereas situated cognition is fundamentally relativist (non-dualistic) in…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Learning Strategies, Epistemology, Communities of Practice
Scholnick, Ellin K., Ed.; Nelson, Katherine, Ed.; Gelman, Susan A., Ed.; Miller, Patricia H., Ed. – 1999
Based on the papers presented at the 1996 Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society and highlighting the extent to which Piaget's ideas have served to scaffold contemporary thinking about every aspect of conceptual development, this volume examines the nature of conceptual development, its foundations, and the sources of its novelties. The chapters…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
