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Linard, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1995
Describes the difference between mediation and "mediatisation." Suggests the need for a paradigm shift away from the computational model of knowledge as pure information processing and task-centered problem solving to a more contextualist, sociointeractional, constructivist, user-centered model of cognition. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Development, Information Processing
Mashhadi, Azam – 1995
This study addresses questions about particle physics that focus on the nature of electrons. Speculations as to whether they are more like particles or waves or like neither illustrate the difficulties with which students are confronted when trying to incorporate the concepts of quantum physics into their overall conceptual framework. Such…
Descriptors: Analogy, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation