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Thought Experiments and Collaborative Learning in Physics.
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Reiner, Miriam – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Describes a study that illustrates that collaborative-thought experiments are emergent phenomena triggered by events as a whole rather than being predesigned. Points out that participants gradually adopt shared graphical representations and meanings. Contains 28 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Higher Education
Thought Experiments in Science Education: Potential and Current Realization.
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Gilbert, John K.; Reiner, Miriam – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
If science education is to be related as closely as possible to science, then Thought Experiments (TEs) must play an appropriate part. Presents a typology of TEs with examples drawn from the history of physics and addresses their various uses in bringing about students' conceptual development. Finds appropriate use of TEs is lacking in physics…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, High Schools, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Epistemological Resources for Thought Experimentation in Science Learning.
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Reiner, Miriam; Gilbert, John – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Suggests that scientific thought experiments (TEs) draw upon three epistemological resources: conceptual-logical inferences, visual imagery, and bodily-motor experience. Argues that TEs are powerful because of students' thought capabilities related to imagination and visual imagery. Claims that TEs are not currently exploited by school learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Epistemology, Higher Education