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Constructing scientific explanations from text: A theory with implications fro conceptual change

Chinn, Clark A.

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Title
Constructing scientific explanations from text: A theory with implications fro conceptual change
Author(s)
Chinn, Clark A.
Issue Date
1995-11
Keyword(s)
  • explanation construction theory
  • comprehension
  • psychological theory
  • memory representation
  • taxonomy of representations
  • representation construction
Abstract
This report outlines Explanation Construction Theory, a psychological theory of how people come to comprehend scientific explanations. Explanation Construction Theory has three components: (a) a theory of how scientific knowledge is represented in memory, (b) a taxonomy of different representations that can be formed in response to an encounter with a text presenting a theory, and (c) a set of factors that influence which of these representations will be constructed.
Publisher
Champaign, Ill. : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for the Study of Reading.
Series/Report Name or Number
Center for the Study of Reading Technical Report ; no. 626
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
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Copyright 1995 Board of Trustees University of Illinois

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