LA TEORÍA DE LOS MODELOS MENTALES DE JOHNSON-LAIRD Y SUS PRINCIPIOS: UNA APLICACIÓN CON MODELOS MENTALES DE CÉLULA EN ESTUDIANTES DEL CURSO DE ORIENTACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA

Mª Luz Rodríguez Palmero; Javier Marrero Acosta; Marco Antonio Moreira

Johnson-Laird's mental models theory and its principles: an application with cell mental models of high school students

Authors

Mª Luz Rodríguez Palmero I.B. Dr. Antonio González.
Javier Marrero Acosta Dpto de Didáctica e Investigación Educativa y del Comportamiento. Centro Superior de Educación. Universidad de La Laguna. A
Marco Antonio Moreira Instituto de Física, UFRGS

Keywords:

mental models, cell, Johnson-Laird's theory.

Abstract

Following a discussion of Johnson-Laird's mental models theory, we report a study regarding high school students mental representations of cell, understood as mental models. Research findings suggest the appropriatedness of such a theory as a framework to interpret students' representations.

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2016-11-16

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Palmero, M. L. R., Acosta, J. M., & Moreira, M. A. (2016). Johnson-Laird’s mental models theory and its principles: an application with cell mental models of high school students. Investigations in Science Education, 6(3), 243–268. Retrieved from https://ienci.if.ufrgs.br/index.php/ienci/article/view/575

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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2001): December of 2001

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