This will permit us to identify the conceptualizations that are associated with a deep understanding of the domain knowledge. Device knowledge is an amalgamation of these layers of knowledge. To map out conceptual graph structures for the illustrated texts on devices. To identify the content in the conceptual graph structures that is relevant versus irrelevant to the breakdown scenarios. That is, only a subset of the nodes and paths of arcs are affiliated with the problems with the breakdown scenario.
Data indicate that a good comprehender converges on the relevant nodes and arcs.
To analyze the knowledge representations of the 96 students who completed the first phase of the ONR grant. Each question or statement in the verbal protocols was examined as to whether it matched a node in the conceptual graph structure for the device. Some of these content units refer to nodes, some refer to relations between nodes, and some refer to extra-textual background knowledge that does not directly match the illustrated. To develop a model of human question-asking that specifies the conditions in which different classes of questions are asked by individuals of different abilities. This research examines the relationship between these conditions and the measures of individual differences.