Ala Samarapungavan

Expanding the Dimensions of Epistemic Cognition: Arguments From Philosophy and Psychology

Clark A. Chinn, Luke A. Buckland, Ala Samarapungavan · Educational Psychologist · 2011 · 482 citations

Humanities, Philosophy, Psychology +10

Knowledge acquisition for application : cognitive flexibility and transfer in complex content domains

Rand J. Spiro, Walter P. Vispoel, John G. Schmitz et al. · Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) · 1987 · 365 citations · Full text

Management, Educational Psychology, Knowledge Management +16

Motivation for learning science in kindergarten: Is there a gender gap and does integrated inquiry and literacy instruction make a difference

Helen Patrick, Panayota Mantzicopoulos, Ala Samarapungavan · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · 2008 · 199 citations · Full text

Education, Early Childhood Education, Science Education +13

Learning science through inquiry in kindergarten

Ala Samarapungavan, Panayota Mantzicopoulos, Helen Patrick · Science Education · 2008 · 181 citations · Full text

Education, Educational Assessment, Science Education +15

Young children's motivational beliefs about learning science

Panayota Mantzicopoulos, Helen Patrick, Ala Samarapungavan · Early Childhood Research Quarterly · 2008 · 181 citations

Education, Educational Psychology, Science Education +10