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Dobson, Russell L; Dobson, Judith E. – Research in Rural Education, 1990
Presents arguments, based on Thomas Kuhn's work, that most research on rural and small schools proceeds from previous scientific achievements, and that researchers' (outsiders') preconceived and approximated reality forces the nature of rural and small schools into an inflexible box. Contains 40 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Educational Research, Epistemology, Models
Stehlikova, Nada – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
In the study, a part of longitudinal research focused on the emergence of mathematical knowledge structures in a learner's mind is presented. It concentrates on the analysis of introspective data gained from the author's study of a non-standard arithmetic structure in terms of the model of abstraction in context (Hershkowitz, Schwarz and Dreyfus).…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Longitudinal Studies, Models, Interviews
Rouse, William B.; Morris, Nancy M. – 1985
This paper explores a wide range of issues associated with research on mental models. Based on a functional perspective, mental models are defined as the mechanisms whereby humans generate descriptions of system purpose and form, explanations of system functioning and observed system states, and predictions of future system states. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation