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Ala Samarapungavan
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Knowledge acquisition for application: Cognitive flexibility and transfer in complex content domains
RJ Spiro, WP Vispoel, JG Schmitz, A Samarapungavan, AE Boerger
Executive control processes in reading, 177-199, 2013
10262013
Expanding the dimensions of epistemic cognition: Arguments from philosophy and psychology
CA Chinn, LA Buckland, ALA Samarapungavan
Educational psychologist 46 (3), 141-167, 2011
6582011
Explanation in scientists and children
WF Brewer, CA Chinn, A Samarapungavan
Minds and Machines 8, 119-136, 1998
3191998
Motivation for learning science in kindergarten: Is there a gender gap and does integrated inquiry and literacy instruction make a difference
H Patrick, P Mantzicopoulos, A Samarapungavan
Journal of Research in Science Teaching: The Official Journal of the …, 2009
3082009
Mental models of the earth, sun, and moon: Indian children's cosmologies
A Samarapungavan, S Vosniadou, WF Brewer
Cognitive development 11 (4), 491-521, 1996
2841996
Elementary school children's beliefs about matter
MB Nakhleh, A Samarapungavan
Journal of Research in Science Teaching: The Official Journal of the …, 1999
2811999
Children's thoughts on the origin of species: A study of explanatory coherence
A Samarapungavan, RW Wiers
Cognitive Science 21 (2), 147-177, 1997
2791997
Young children's motivational beliefs about learning science
P Mantzicopoulos, H Patrick, A Samarapungavan
Early Childhood Research Quarterly 23 (3), 378-394, 2008
2712008
Learning science through inquiry in kindergarten
ALA Samarapungavan, P Mantzicopoulos, H Patrick
Science Education 92 (5), 868-908, 2008
2452008
Middle school students' beliefs about matter
MB Nakhleh, A Samarapungavan, Y Saglam
Journal of Research in Science Teaching: The Official Journal of the …, 2005
2332005
Children’s theories vs. scientific theories: Differences in reasoning or differences in knowledge
WF Brewer, A Samarapungavan
Cognition and the symbolic processes: Applied and ecological perspectives …, 1991
2271991
Children's judgments in theory choice tasks: Scientific rationality in childhood
A Samarapungavan
Cognition 45 (1), 1-32, 1992
2211992
Contextual epistemic development in science: A comparison of chemistry students and research chemists
A Samarapungavan, EL Westby, GM Bodner
Science Education 90 (3), 468-495, 2006
1902006
Patterns of young children's motivation for science and teacher-child relationships
H Patrick, P Mantzicopoulos, A Samarapungavan, BF French
The Journal of Experimental Education 76 (2), 121-144, 2008
1872008
What kindergarten students learn in inquiry-based science classrooms
A Samarapungavan, H Patrick, P Mantzicopoulos
Cognition and Instruction 29 (4), 416-470, 2011
1512011
“We learn how to predict and be a scientist”: Early science experiences and kindergarten children's social meanings about science
P Mantzicopoulos, A Samarapungavan, H Patrick
Cognition and Instruction 27 (4), 312-369, 2009
892009
Science literacy in school and home contexts: Kindergarteners’ science achievement and motivation
P Mantzicopoulos, H Patrick, A Samarapungavan
Cognition and instruction 31 (1), 62-119, 2013
862013
The development and validation of the science learning assessment (SLA): A measure of kindergarten science learning
A Samarapungavan, P Mantzicopoulos, H Patrick, B French
Journal of Advanced Academics 20 (3), 502-535, 2009
772009
Distinguishing between understanding and belief
CA Chinn, A Samarapungavan
Theory into Practice 40 (4), 235-241, 2001
772001
Conceptual change—multiple routes, multiple mechanisms: A commentary on Ohlsson (2009)
CA Chinn, ALA Samarapungavan
Educational Psychologist 44 (1), 48-57, 2009
662009
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