During the past two or three decades, research in cognitive science and psychology has
yielded an improved understanding of the fundamental psychological nature of knowledge …

I explore a belief about learning and teaching that is commonly held in education and
society at large that nonetheless is deeply flawed. The belief asserts that mastery of …

A student might find a certain representational format (eg, diagram, text) more attractive than
other formats for learning. Computer technology offers opportunities to adjust the formats …

The vast majority of articles and chapters about attitudes (including this one) introduce the
topic by referencing the famous quote by Gordon Allport that attitudes are “the most …

Abstract In Representation Reconsidered, William Ramsey suggests that the notion of
structural representation is posited by classical theories of cognition, but not by the 'newer …

We investigate the cognitive impact of various layout features-symmetry, alignment,
collinearity, axis alignment and orthogonality-on the recall of network diagrams (graphs) …

Die vorliegende Arbeit ist eine überarbeitete Fassung meiner Dissertation, die unter dem
Titel» Attentionalität und Intentionalität. Überlegungen zu einer phänomenologisch …

A groundbreaking argument challenging the traditional linguistic representational model of
cognition proposes that representational states should be conceptualized as the cognitive …

This volume is derived from presentations given at a conference hosted in Boulder,
Colorado in honor of the 60th birthday of Walter Kintsch. Though the contents of the talks …

A growing number of studies have begun to examine the influence of language-specific
factors on language acquisition. During language acquisition, German children from six …