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Cheng, Maurice M. W.; Gilbert, John K. – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
This study investigated the mental representations of metallic bonding and the malleability of metals held by three male students aged 14-15 (Year 10) who were attending a Hong Kong school. One student was selected by their chemistry teacher as representing each of the highest, the medium, and the lowest level of attainment in chemistry in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
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Cole, Charles; Mandelblatt, Bertie – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 2000
Uses Kintsch's proposition-based construction-integration theory of discourse comprehension to detail the user coding operations that occur in each of the three subsystems (Perception, Comprehension, Application) in which users process an information retrieval systems (IRS) message. Describes an IRS device made up of two separate parts that enable…
Descriptors: Coding, Comprehension, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
Blodgett, Cynthia S. – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to examine the process by which people with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) access information on the web. Recent estimates include amateur sports and recreation injuries, non-hospital clinics and treatment facilities, private and public emergency department visits and admissions, providing…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, Neurological Impairments, Mild Disabilities