The comparison of concept systems with the aim of finding equivalents and probably even the adjustment of concept positions, and therefore systems, is then based on the comparison of definitions that describe characteristics of concepts.
Summing up, the approach taken to reconstruct a concept system is based on information extracted from original domain sources, comparison of this information, descriptions of defining characteristics of concepts and fully formulated definitions.
One strategy to enhance student construction of meaning observed by Petropoulou et al. (2011) is a lecturer's use of well-chosen examples to illustrate critical characteristics of concepts.
Information on the terms' meanings (definition-like information on the characteristics of a concept) will be considered to identify the concept-term-relations.
In the search for these data, researchers answer this question, "what are the characteristics of the concept?" In this study, apparent attributes of health-seeking behavior concept were interactional, processing, intellectual, active, decision-making based and measurable.
The combination of focus group and individual interview data also helped us in the conceptualization of the concept of humanized birth; and convergence of the central characteristics of the concept across focus groups and individual interviews, which enhanced trustworthiness of findings.
We find it useful to first examine a single biological concept to determine how the dimensions of complexity are reflected in the characteristics of the concept.
We present the characteristics of this concept and demonstrate the experimental feasibility with an example of a double-cell cavity.
Characteristics of this concept in terms of spatial resolution and dopant gradient resolution as well as in terms of concentration sensitivity and quantification procedures are briefly presented.
Characteristics of the concept elicitation patient sample are summarized in Table 2.
