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Peer reviewedReiner, Miriam; Gilbert, John – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Suggests that scientific thought experiments (TEs) draw upon three epistemological resources: conceptual-logical inferences, visual imagery, and bodily-motor experience. Argues that TEs are powerful because of students' thought capabilities related to imagination and visual imagery. Claims that TEs are not currently exploited by school learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Epistemology, Higher Education
