aims: nowadays, the widespread use of new technologies and the need for more education and expense, force the educational and economical centers to use the new educational approaches. one of these approaches is e-learning. knowledge management seeks to increase the information processing capacity through innovation and creative power of human beings. this paper aimed to investigate the effect o...

Adaptive fact learning systems have been developed to make optimal use of testing and spacing effects by taking into account individual differences in learning efficiency. Measures derived from these systems, capturing the individual differences, predict later performance in similar and different fact learning tasks. Additionally, there is a rich body of literature showing that individual diffe...

Williams Syndrome is a genetically determined neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by an uneven cognitive profile and surprisingly large neurobehavioral differences among individuals. Previous studies have already shown different forms of memory deficiencies and learning difficulties in WS. Here we studied the capacity of WS subjects to improve their performance in a basic visual task. We ...

This paper argues that learning is a natural social process that leads to the construction of meaning, which involves the creation of experiences of coherence, purpose, identity, and competence. Learning that yields a coherent social context, a worthy or compelling purpose, a strong, integrated identity, and increasing levels of competence, results in an experience of meaningful work. Learning ...