This paper presents a comprehensive synthesis of physics education research at the
undergraduate level. It is based on work originally commissioned by the National …

It has frequently been argued that analogies may be valuable tools in teaching and learning
difficult scientific concepts (cf. Bauer & Richter, 1986; Gee, 1978; GobeL 1976; Klinger …

The recent advent of large language models has reinvigorated debate over whether human
cognitive capacities might emerge in such generic models given sufficient training data. Of …

Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate
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Praise for How Learning Works" How Learning Works is the perfect title for this excellent
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The National Science Foundation funded a synthesis study on the status, contributions, and
future direction of discipline-based education research (DBER) in physics, biological …

Artificial Intelligence federates numerous scientific fields in the aim of developing machines
able to assist human operators performing complex treatments---most of which demand high …

Vector‐based models of word meaning have become increasingly popular in cognitive
science. The appeal of these models lies in their ability to represent meaning simply by …

Analogy and similarity are often assumed to be distinct psychological processes. In contrast
to this position, the authors suggest that both similarity and analogy involve a process of …

Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental processes such as attention, memory,
language, decision-making, and intelligence. Students examine major discipline-related …