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Parnafes, Orit – Cognition and Instruction, 2012
This article presents a theoretical model of the process by which students construct and elaborate explanations of scientific phenomena using visual representations. The model describes progress in the underlying conceptual processes in students' explanations as a reorganization of fine-grained knowledge elements based on the Knowledge in Pieces…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Astronomy, Intuition, Grade 5

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