Miriam Bassok, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
| Degree From: The Hebrew University |
| Interests: Learning, Problem Solving, Analogical Reasoning |
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My research examines how people understand problem situations and transfer their understanding to analogous problems. Most of my work is in the domain of mathematical reasoning. My recent studies examine how people use their world knowledge (e.g., tulips and daisies are flowers; flowers can be placed in vases) to understand and apply their mathematical knowledge (e.g., adding apples and oranges but refraining from adding apples and baskets). Other studies examine how people construct, or interpret, the correspondence between problem situations (e.g., six times as many apples as baskets) and different mathematical formats of the same mathematical information (e.g., a = 6b vs. a = b/6).
Research Publications
- Bassok, M. (2001). Semantic alignments in mathematical word problems. In Gentner, D., Holyoak, K. J., & Kokinov, B. N. (Eds.) The analogical mind: Perspectives from cognitive science (Chapter 12, 401-433). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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- Wisniewski, E. J., & Bassok, M. (1999) Stimulus compatibility with comparison and integration. Cognitive Psychology, 39, 208-238.
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- Bassok, M. (1997). Object-based reasoning. In D. L. Medin (Ed.) The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Vol. 37, pp. 1-39. Academic Press.
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