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Hill, Lilian H. – 1998
Five books, representing a small selection of possible readings on necessary changes of the human mind, point to a convergence of interest from different fields of study toward the need for modern society to develop the capacity to respond to the complexity of modern life and the newly acquired ability to destroy life on an unprecedented scale.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Change, Comprehension
Chmielewski, Todd L.; Dansereau, Donald F. – 1998
Transfer of training in the construction and use of knowledge maps to text comprehension was investigated. Knowledge maps (k-maps) are spatial/verbal arrays that represent information in the form of node-link diagrams. K-maps make the macrostructure of a body of information more easily available to the learner. Because k-maps emphasize…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Students, Concept Mapping, Higher Education

Griffiths, Alan K.; Barman, Charles R. – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1993
Describes a study in which secondary students (N=32) were interviewed to determine their understanding of the nature of scientific knowledge. Presents some of the strengths and weaknesses of these views and provides cross-cultural comparisons. (DDR)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Structures, Cross Cultural Studies, Epistemology

Norman, Obed – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1997
Reports on a study that used high school students to test the assumptions of the multiple hypothesis theory posited by Lawson to explain the essence of scientific reasoning. Contains 19 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Constructivism (Learning), Epistemology, High Schools

Chang, Kuo-Eng; Sung, Y-T; Lee, C-L. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2003
Proposes a Web-based collaborative inquiry learning system and describes a study of undergraduates at the National Taiwan Normal University based on a model system that investigated students' learning processes. Discusses the use of concept maps to anchor and represent knowledge during the inquiry process. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Inquiry

Lohner, Simone; van Joolingen, Wouter R.; Savelsbergh, Elwin R. – Instructional Science, 2003
Compares dyads of secondary school physics students working on a collaborative modeling task using a text-based model representation, in which correct equations are required to make the model run, with others using a graphical representation, in which the model is build by qualitatively linking variables. (MES)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Cooperative Learning, High Schools

Vickery, Brian – Journal of Documentation, 1997
Introduces new procedures being used to extract knowledge from databases and discusses rationales for developing knowledge discovery methods. Methods are described for such techniques as classification, clustering, and the detection of deviations from pre-established norms. Examines potential uses of knowledge discovery in the information field.…
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Grouping, Databases, Electronic Text
Nash, Michael R. – Scientific American, 2001
Provides information about hypnosis. Uses research data to define hypnosis, discuss the relationship between hypnosis and memory, and present some possible benefits. Includes a chart with some common misconceptions about hypnosis and the corresponding true statement. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education

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

Collantes, Lourdes Y. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995
Discussion of users and information retrieval systems highlights a study that investigated the representation of users' knowledge by examining their names for objects and concepts, agreement on names, the Library of Congress Subject Headings representation for similar objects and concepts, and measurement of the similarity between these…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Representation, Man Machine Systems

Habermann, Ted; Burton, Nancy; Frender, Kevin – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1998
Argues that there is a need to develop dynamic systems for structuring data to create information access and for allowing users to incorporate that information into their own knowledge base. Describes a system built on a simple, powerful content model. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Database Design, Educational Environment

Perkins, A. Louise – Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 1995
Presents an example section from a computer-science-integrated curriculum that was originally based on the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) 1978 curriculum. The curriculum was designed to allow both instructors and students to move away from teaching and learning facts. (DDR)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Hearing Impairments

Donovan, Michael P. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1998
Argues that students are conditioned by years of multiple-choice testing to use only simple recall and view knowledge as an uncataloged museum full of independent facts that are collected, recited, and left to gather dust. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Learning Strategies

Haile, J. M. – Chemical Engineering Education (CEE), 1998
Explores what is meant by an understanding of technical material. Proposes five levels of understanding and focuses on descriptions of brain function and structure at the third level. (DDR)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education

Constantinescu, Bogdan; Bugoi, Roxana – Science and Education, 1998
Traces the evolution of physics teaching and research in Bucharest and Jassy, the two most important Romanian intellectual centers. Reports on three stages of historical development and selected biographies of Romanian scientists are included. (DDR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation