Conceptual Understanding and Stability, and Knowledge Shields for Fending Off Conceptual Change
Abstract
The paper reports on the learning of difficult and complex concepts, the characteristics of these concepts that make them difficult for students to learn and understand well, the kind of misconceptions they acquire, and the difficulty of changing these misbeliefs. Mental maneuvers (Knowledge Shields) learners engage to ward off changing their beliefs are presented and discussed. (AN)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 31, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA293555
Entities
People
- Jans F. Adami
- Paul J. Feltovich
- Rand J. Spire
- Richard L. Coulson
Organizations
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine