Alexander Patricia A
Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
NPJ Sci Learn. 2016 May 11;1:16004. doi: 10.1038/npjscilearn.2016.4. eCollection 2016.
This article offers an overview of the nature and role of relational thinking and relational reasoning in human learning and performance, both of which pertain to the discernment of meaningful patterns within any informational stream. Distinctions between thinking and reasoning relationally are summarized, along with specific forms of patterning that might be discerned. Next, the article summarizes what is presently known about relational reasoning, and then moves to explore future directions in educational research and in instructional practice that warrant attention based on the empirical literature.
本文概述了关系性思维和关系性推理在人类学习与表现中的本质和作用,这两者均涉及在任何信息流中辨别有意义的模式。文中总结了关系性思维和关系性推理之间的区别,以及可能辨别出的特定模式形式。接下来,本文总结了目前关于关系性推理的已知情况,然后基于实证文献探讨教育研究和教学实践中值得关注的未来方向。