Mental models vs cell schemes

Student's mental representations of cell are examined from the perspectives of Johnson-Laird's mental models theory five years after instruction. The observed identity and stability of such representations are then interpreted under the framework of Vergnaud's conceptual fields theory...

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Main Authors: Mª Luz Rodríguez Palmero, Marco Antonio Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2002-01-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID83/v7_n1_a2002.pdf