As noted above, the roles of a conceptual framework include arguing for the significance of a topic, grounding the topic in its multiple contexts (theoretical and actual), guid-ing the …

In particular, we will examine how students’ ideas conflict with to-be-learned information, the kind of conceptual change that occurs, and the type of instruction or confrontation that might trigger …

the distinction, importance, construction and development of conceptual and theoretical frameworks. As conceptual defines the key concepts, variables, and relationships in a …

Abstract the development of conceptual and theoretical frameworks through the lens of one doctoral student’s qualitative dissertation. Using Ravitch and Carl’s (2021) conceptual …

Conceptual frameworks can vary in complexity, ranging from simple diagrams illustrating relationships between a few key concepts to elaborate theoretical frame-works with multiple …

theory is a set of propositions that are logically related, expressing the relation(s) among several different constructs and propositions. Abstract description of the relationships between …

We survey over 5,300 papers that address conceptual modeling topics from the 1970s to the present, which are collected from 35 multidisciplinary journals and conferences, and use them …