Cognitive change in mental models with experience in the domain of organic chemistry

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 220-228

  Hegarty, Mary ^a   Stieff, Mike ^b   Dixon, Bonnie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic strategies; Chemistry problem solving; Imagistic strategies; Instruction; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STUDENT; APTITUDE; DRAWING; IMAGINATION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84876105458     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2012.725044     Document Type: Article

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