We investigate an experiential learning paradigm for acquiring an internal model of intuitive
physics. Our model is evaluated on a real-world robotic manipulation task that requires …

Children's extraordinarily long developmental period and their play and exploratory activities
provide them with a greater opportunity to learn than is found in any other species. We argue …

After observing a collision between two boxes, you can immediately tell which is empty and
which is full of books based on how the boxes moved. People form rich perceptions about …

Constructivism has been widely adopted as a referent for research, curriculum development
and recommended pedagogy in education. This chapter considers key issues relating to the …

Humans can store, maintain, and retrieve an impressive amount of information—but the
processes that support accurate knowledge can also lead to errors, such as the false belief …

Understanding physical phenomena is a key competence that enables humans and animals
to act and interact under uncertain perception in previously unseen environments containing …

In recent years, a formidable gulf has opened up between planning theory and practice.
Over the past four decades, planning academics have developed strong theories and …

Research has shown that students have tremendous difficulties developing a qualitative
understanding of wave optics, at all educational levels. In this study, we investigate how …

Humans demonstrate remarkable abilities to predict physical events in complex scenes. Two
classes of models for physical scene understanding have recently been proposed:" Intuitive …

Learning physics often requires overcoming common misconceptions based on naïve
interpretations of observations in the everyday world. One proposed way to help learners …