This review provides a critique of David Ausubel's theory of meaningful learning and the use
of advance organizers in teaching. It takes into account the developments in cognition and …

How do minds make societies, and how do societies change? Paul Thagard systematically
connects neural and psychological explanations of mind with major social sciences (social …

Text is the primary tool to learn disciplinary knowledge in school. Text-based learning is
shaped by a complex interplay between the text and reader characteristics. This study …

Prior research has investigated the recruitment of inhibition in the use of
science/mathematics concepts in tasks that require the rejection of a conflicting, nonscientific …

This article discusses the implementation of a pedagogical tool aimed at the refutation of
secondary school (grade ten-equivalent) students' persistent climate change …

We investigated the hypothesis that theory of mind (ToM) and epistemological
understanding promote the aspect of science learning that concerns the ability to …

We discuss the theoretical rationale and behavioral evidence for the involvement of
Executive Function (EF) skills in the construction and employment of scientific and …

Executive function (EF) predicts children's academic achievement; however, less is known
about the relation between EF and the actual learning process. The current study examined …

In the context of analytical geometry, this study considers the mathematical understanding
and activity of seven students analyzed simultaneously through two knowledge …

The explanatory coexistence of scientific and supernatural explanations in the same mind
challenges the most influential theories of knowledge acquisition in psychology. Namely …