The role of functionality in the mental representations of engineering students: Some differences in the early stages of expertise

Cognitive Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-93

  Moss, Jarrod ^a   Kotovsky, Kenneth ^a   Cagan, Jonathan ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; Expertise; Psychology; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645463594     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog0000_45     Document Type: Article

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