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Frederick Reif
Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University
Publications - 10
Citations - 667
Frederick Reif is an academic researcher from Carnegie Mellon University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Science education & Higher education. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 10 publications receiving 651 citations.
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Cognition in Scientific and Everyday Domains: Comparison and Learning Implications.
Frederick Reif,Jill H. Larkin +1 more
TL;DR: An analysis and comparison of everyday life and the domain of science reveals significant differences in their goals and in the cognitive means used to attain these goals as mentioned in this paper, which can lead to pervasive learning difficulties in their study of science.
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Understanding and teaching important scientific thought processes
TL;DR: The cognitive processes and kinds of knowledge needed to work in a scientific domain like physics are analyzed, including the processes needed to interpret properly scientific concepts and principles, complementary uses of quantitative and qualitative descriptions, useful hierarchical ways of organizing scientific knowledge, and description and decision processes facilitating effective problem solving.
Teaching Scientific Thinking Skills: Students and Computers Coaching Each Other
Lisa A. Scott,Frederick Reif +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed computer programs called PALs (Personal A_ssistants for L_earning) in which computers and students alternately coach each other.
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Beyond command knowledge: identifying and teaching strategic knowledge for using complex computer applications
TL;DR: The results show that efficient and general strategies can in fact be taught to students of diverse backgrounds in a limited time without harming command knowledge, and are important to universities and companies that wish to foster more efficient use of complex computer applications.