Analogical reasoning, the ability to understand phenomena as systems of structured
relationships that can be aligned, compared, and mapped together, plays a fundamental …

A long tradition of research on mathematical thinking has focused on procedural knowledge,
or knowledge of how to solve problems and enact procedures. In recent years, however …

Even at young ages, children self-report experiencing math anxiety, which negatively relates
to their math achievement. Leveraging a large dataset of first and second grade students' …

Mathematical competence rests on develo** knowledge of concepts and of procedures (ie
conceptual and procedural knowledge). Although there is some variability in how these …

Learning from examples is a very effective means of initial cognitive skill acquisition. There
is an enormous body of research on the specifics of this learning method. This article …

Over the past 20 years, there has been much research on how people learn from case
comparisons. This work has implemented comparison activities in a variety of different ways …

After more than 100 years of interest and study, knowledge transfer remains among the most
challenging, contentious, and important issues for both psychology and education. In this …

Self-motivated and directed learning is integral to knowledge base expansion for learners of
all ages. Both motivational and cognitive processes drive self-motivated and directed …

Example-based learning has been studied from different perspectives. Cognitive research
has mainly focused on worked examples, which typically provide students with a written …

Competence in many domains rests on children develo** conceptual and procedural
knowledge, as well as procedural flexibility. However, research on the developmental …