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Peer reviewedKuhn, Deanna; Black, John; Keselman, Alla; Kaplan, Danielle – Cognition and Instruction, 2000
Investigated intervention effects on mental models of multivariable causality in middle school students involved in inquiry learning. Found that inquiry learning promoted a correct mental model based on additive effects of individual features and a meta-strategic understanding of the need to control influences of other features. Also found…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Discovery Learning, Inquiry
Peer reviewedSmith, Carol L.; Maclin, Deborah; Houghton, Carolyn; Hennessey, M. Gertrude – Cognition and Instruction, 2000
Assessed the impact of elementary science experiences on the development of sixth-graders' epistemological views. Found that, compared to students in a traditional science classroom, those in a constructivist classroom developed an epistemological stance toward science that focused on the central role of ideas in the knowledge acquisition process.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
