Vee Heuristic diagram Developed by Bob Gowin to show the links between conceptual and methodology and how they interact. It is a useful technique for analysis of documents, practical sessions and lectures. Thinking Doing Theoretical/ Conceptual Focus Question Methodology Philosophy/Accepted views Value/Claims Theories Knowledge/ claims Principles/ Constructs/Paradigm Trans formations/Changes Concepts Facts/Records Events/objects An example of the use of the Vee Heuristic in laboratory investigation of cells is shown below Theory: Organisms are made up Claims: You can tell the difference of cells. Cells are small living between animal and plant cells by Units. Animal and plant cells are looking at them down a microscope diferent, Question: Can you collect calls, stain Knowledge claims: cells contain Principles: Living things include them and see certain bits the same like nucleus. bacteria, plants and animals so all differences between cytoplasm but there are different bits must be made of cells. animal and plant like coll walls and organelles. cells? Concepts - Words: cell living. Transformations: Animal cells do microscope, similar, different, not have a coll wall or vacuole — the stains, organelles hole in the middle but all have the large blob called a nucleus Record: see drawings drawn from the microscope Objects and events: We have cells in our cheeks. We can remove those cells by scraping. They can be stained and put under a microscope. Onions have cells in the layers. We can remove a thin strip ofthat layer. It can be stained and put under the microscope. By looking at both and using a book for reference | can see the difference in the animal cell (mine) and the plant cel (onion). The big differences are easy but they're some | cannot s but must accept.