Much has been written about the linear model of innovation. While it may have been the
dominant model used to explain technological innovation for decades, alternatives did exist …

How does language inform our downstream thinking? In particular, how do humans make
meaning from language--and how can we leverage a theory of linguistic meaning to build …

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date look at problem solving research and
practice over the last fifteen years. The first chapter describes differences in types of …

Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments provides students, faculty, and
instructional designers with a clear, concise introduction to the major pedagogical and …

Models are of central importance in many scientific contexts. The centrality of models such
as inflationary models in cosmology, general-circulation models of the global climate, the …

Benoît Godin is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal.
Models abound in science, technology, and society (STS) studies and in science …

Conceptual change research investigates the processes through which learners
substantially revise prior knowledge and acquire new concepts. Tracing its heritage to …

Reflection without Rules offers a comprehensive, pointed exploration of the methodological
tradition in economics and the breakdown of the received view within the philosophy of …

This Element is an introduction to the metaphysics of biology, a very general account of the
nature of the living world. The first part of the Element addresses more traditionally …

Stories form an integral part of models. An economic model can not be fully characterized
simply by knowing its structure: the model can only be completely described when we know …