Problem solving is a fundamental aspect of our daily thinking processes that involves identifying, encoding, and shaping any given problem. Whenever you’re unsure of how best to proceed in order to ...

How do we learn and is there a way to optimize learning? These kinds of questions are at the center of John Anderson’s career. Anderson is the R.K. Mellon University Professor of Psychology and ...

A new Carnegie Mellon University neuroimaging study reveals the mental stages people go through as they are solving challenging math problems. Published in Psychological Science, researchers combined ...

What if we could read students’ brains and see what they’re thinking? It’s a question increasingly being posed by researchers sitting at the nexus of neuroscience and education. Among them: John ...

That was the question posed to a group of education reporters last week by John Anderson, a professor of psychology and computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, where a cross-disciplinary team ...

Here's the thing about math that nobody tells you: it's less about memorizing formulas and more about knowing which tools to reach for. By fourteen, students should have a problem-solving toolkit that ...

Problem solving is a fundamental aspect of our daily thinking processes that involves identifying, encoding, and shaping any given problem. Whenever you’re unsure of how best to proceed in order to ...