Observations on the sciences of science learning

Exciting research in cognition today combines computer modeling with neurop sychological studies of the functioning of the brain and with the experimen tal study of human learning and problem solving. The computer models are co mpared with findings about brain processes and their organization and findi ngs about the moment-by-moment progress of humans as they learn and solve p roblems. This research is helping to test and improve detailed theories of the human symbolic processes used in learning and thinking and to build the ories of how skills and knowledge can be taught effectively and efficiently .