A Microgenetic Study of Learning About the Molecular Theory of Matter and Chemical Reactions

Microgenetic analyses of five cases addressed eight empirical issues that should be addressed by any theory of knowledge acquisition: (a) the nature of the overall knowledge change, (b) the progression of intermediate states during knowledge change, (c) initiators of knowledge change, (d) interactions of prior background knowledge and prior domain knowledge during knowledge changes, (e) the fate of old and new knowledge, (f) the relationship between belief and knowledge, (g) changes in meta-awareness, and (h) factors that influenced the course of knowledge change.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Chinn, Clark Allen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Anderson, Richard C.

• Education, Sciences

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9737073

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80164