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Faculty of Education
University of Pretoria
2009
BEd (Hons) CIE
WORKBOOK
Answer the following questions in a MS Word document that you save in your home
directory as Workbook Section 1. Use 1½ line spacing and 12 pt Arial font. Number
your answers correctly.
Chapter 1
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7. What is the author’s point of view on conceptual change and memorisation?
8. What is cognitive conflict?
Chapter 2
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15. The author mentions a second manner in which domain knowledge can be
presented or thought of. What is this?
16. What defines or characterises systems?
17. What, apart from domain knowledge, can the learner build a model of?
18. How is a problem space constructed?
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19. How, according to the author, can human experiences be modelled and what
computer-based tool does he recommend for this purpose?
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21. Mindtools are computer tools that make the learner engage in … . Cognitive
tools … , … . and extend the thinking processes of the learner. When using a
mindtool, the learner has to think harder. Mindtools facilitate … and the …
process.