Table of Contents
Contents: A.L. Stevens, D. Gentner, Introduction. D.A. Norman, Some Observations on Mental Models. A.A. diSessa, Phenomenology and the Evolution of Intuition. R.M. Young, Surrogates and Mappings: Two Kinds of Conceptual Models for Interactive Devices. K.D. Forbus, Qualitative Reasoning About Space and Motion. J.H. Larkin, The Role of Problem Representation in Physics. D. Gentner, D.R. Gentner, Flowing Waters or Teeming Crowds: Mental Models of Electricity. M.D. Williams, J.D. Hollan, A.L. Stevens, Human Reasoning About a Simple Physical System. J. de Kleer, J.S. Brown, Assumptions and Ambiguities in Mechanistic Mental Models. E. Hutchins, Understanding Micronesian Navigation. J.G. Greeno, Conceptual Entities. A. Bundy, L. Byrd, Using the Method of Fibres in Mecho to Calculate Radii of Gyration. M. Wiser, S. Carey, When Heat and Temperature Were One. M. McCloskey, Naive Theories of Motion. J. Clement, A Conceptual Model Discussed by Galileo and Used Intuitively by Physics Students.
