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Park, Jongwon; Jang, Kyoung-Ae; Kim, Ikgyun – Research in Science Education, 2009
Investigation of scientists' actual processes of conducting research can provide us with more realistic aspects of scientific inquiry. This study was performed to identify three aspects of scientists' actual research: their motivations for scientific inquiry, the scientific inquiry skills they used, and the main types of results obtained from…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Research Skills, Scientists, Science Instruction
Montague, William E. – 1986
Cognitive science is briefly reviewed, and its implications for instructional design are discussed. The application of cognitive science to instruction requires knowledge of cognitive science, the subject content taught, and the system in which the instruction is imbedded. The central concept of cognitive science is mental representation--the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Epistemology, Heuristics