The Construction of Causal Schemes: A Cognitive Analysis with a Dialectical Point

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written by Andrea A. diSessa

This paper sketches a careful analysis of an exceptional classroom event where students develop, without explicit instruction, a model equivalent to Newton's thermal law as a composition of intuitive knowledge elements. Lessons about how social (cultural, discursive, situated, etc.) and cognitive perspectives may interact are put forward.

Physics Education Research Conference 2009
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Ann Arbor, Michigan: July 29-30, 2009
Volume 1179, Pages 11-14

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Published: November 11, 2009

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Education Foundations - Cognition Thermo & Stat Mech - First Law = Thermal Equilibrium	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Article

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3266692
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DOI:: 10.1063/1.3266692
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Ha
Keywords:: Cognitive analysis, PERC 2009, dialectical approaches to cognition, intuitive knowledge, thermal equilibration
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created March 11, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: March 11, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: November 11, 2009
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=9889">diSessa, Andrea. "The Construction of Causal Schemes: A Cognitive Analysis with a Dialectical Point." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 29-30, 2009.</a>

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A. diSessa, The Construction of Causal Schemes: A Cognitive Analysis with a Dialectical Point, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2009, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9889&DocID=1521>.

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diSessa, A. (2009, July 29-30). The Construction of Causal Schemes: A Cognitive Analysis with a Dialectical Point. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9889&DocID=1521

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diSessa, Andrea. "The Construction of Causal Schemes: A Cognitive Analysis with a Dialectical Point." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 29-30, 2009. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9889&DocID=1521 (accessed 24 April 2024).

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diSessa, Andrea. "The Construction of Causal Schemes: A Cognitive Analysis with a Dialectical Point." Physics Education Research Conference 2009. Ann Arbor, Michigan: 2009. 11-14 Vol. 1179 of PER Conference Invited Paper. 24 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9889&DocID=1521>.

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