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ERIC Number: EJ565454
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-1013
Hazyspace: Towards Re-Understanding the User.
Hale, Gregory
British Journal of Educational Technology, v29 n2 p185-86 Apr 1998
Introduces a new way of looking at concepts called Hazyspace that focuses on the messiness of real life and the indeterminancy of concepts as key features in understanding the conceptual domain of human beings. Although Hazyspace has general applicability to education, this discussion focuses on use of the term to describe how new users conceptualize software. (JAK)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Concept Formation, Models, Navigation (Information Systems), Research Needs, Users (Information)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mental Models