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Download full textCartier, Jennifer; Rudolph, John; Stewart, Jim – 2001
This paper explores the nature and structure of scientific models by taking the position that representations are not models themselves. Representations of models are essential tools for communicating and conversing about the scientific models underlying them. A scientific model is considered to be a set of ideas that describe a natural process. A…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Models
Peer reviewedCartier, Jennifer L.; Stewart, Jim – Science and Education, 2000
Describes a high school biology curriculum designed to give students opportunities to learn about genetic inquiry in part by providing them with authentic experiences doing inquiry in the discipline. (Contains 29 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Biology, Epistemology, Genetics, Hands on Science
