We describe an innovative forecast presentation that aims to overcome obstacles to using
seasonal climate forecasts for decision making, trace factors that influenced how seasonal …

Inhibitory control—the ability to ignore salient but unhelpful stimuli and responses—seems
to be important for learning mathematics. For instance there is now robust evidence that …

A major source of errors in rational number tasks is the inappropriate application of natural
number rules. We hypothesized that this is an instance of intuitive reasoning and thus can …

“Immigrant students” refers to the case when students (or their parents) were born in a
country other than the one they are currently living in and attending school. The topic of the …

The characterization of students' cognitive biases is of central importance in the
development of curriculum and teaching strategies that better support student learning in …

The foundations for more advanced mathematics involve a good sense of rational numbers.
However, research in cognitive psychology and mathematics education has repeatedly …

The characterization of students' reasoning strategies is of central importance in the
development of instructional strategies that foster meaningful learning. In particular, the …

Background: Much education—especially at the university level—has been criticized for
having primarily dealt with explicit knowledge, ie those aspects of mental activities, which …

“Immigrant students” refers to the case when students (or their parents) were born in a
country other than the one they are currently living in and attending school. The topic of the …

This article is an attempt to place mathematical thinking in the context of more general
theories of human cognition. We describe and compare four perspectives—mathematics …