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Peer reviewedRoth, Wolff-Michael; Bowen, G. Michael; Masciotra, Domenico – Science, Technology, and Human Values, 2002
Reports on a study designed to find out what scientists and science students actually do when they are reading familiar and unfamiliar graphs. Describes changes in ontologies of scientists and science students as they engage in the reading tasks assigned to them. Theorizes a transition of graphs from things to signs that come to stand for natural…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Graphs, Higher Education, Science Education
