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Constructing scientific explanations from text: A theory with implications fro conceptual change

Year: 1995

Type: report

Abstract: This report outlines Explanation Construction Theory, a psychological theory of how people come to comprehend scientific explanations. Explanation Construction Theory has three components: (a) a theory of how scientific knowledge is represented in memory, (b) a taxonomy of different representations that can be formed in response to an encounter with a text presenting a theory, and (c) a set of factors that influence which of these representations will be constructed.

Source: Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Author: Clark A. Chinn

Language: English

Topic: Science Education and Pedagogy

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2589419417

Cites: 19

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10