1. The construction of causal schemes: A cognitive analysis with a dialectical point Author DiSessa, AA Subjects Cognitive analysis, intuitive knowledge, dialectical approaches to cognition, thermal equilibration Abstract This paper sketches a careful analysis of an exceptional classroom event where students develop, without explicit instruction, a model equivalent to Newton's thermal law as a composition of intuitive knowledge elements. Lessons about how social (cultural, discursive, situated, etc.) and cognitive perspectives may interact are put forward. © American Institute of Physics. Published 2009
2. The Construction of Causal Schemes: A Cognitive Analysis with a Dialectical Point Author diSessa, Andrea A, Sabella, Mel, Henderson, Charles, and Singh, Chandralekha Subjects Curriculum and Pedagogy, Education, Cognitive analysis, intuitive knowledge, dialectical approaches to cognition, thermal equilibration Abstract This paper sketches a careful analysis of an exceptional classroom event where students develop, without explicit instruction, a model equivalent to Newton's thermal law as a composition of intuitive knowledge elements. Lessons about how social (cultural, discursive, situated, etc.) and cognitive perspectives may interact are put forward. © American Institute of Physics. Published 2009