Creative Model Construction in Scientists and Students

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Clement, John J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Education.; Science education.; Education > Philosophy.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Science Education.; Educational Psychology.; Educational Philosophy.

How do scientists use analogies and other processes to break away from old theories and generate new ones? This book documents such methods through the analysis of video tapes of scientifically trained experts thinking aloud while working on unfamiliar problems. Some aspects of creative scientific t...