Knowledge in Pieces
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Knowledge in Pieces is a seminal work in educational psychology that proposes a theory of learners’ intuitive knowledge as composed of many small, context-sensitive elements rather than coherent, unified misconceptions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Knowledge in Pieces canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7617047 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knowledge in Pieces Context triple: [Andrea diSessa, notableWork, Knowledge in Pieces]
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A.
How Two Minds Can Know One Thing
"How Two Minds Can Know One Thing" is a philosophical essay by William James that explores how different conscious minds can share or refer to the same object of knowledge within his framework of radical empiricism.
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B.
Unified Theories of Cognition
Unified Theories of Cognition is a comprehensive cognitive science framework proposed by Allen Newell that seeks to explain diverse mental processes—such as problem solving, memory, and learning—within a single, unified theoretical architecture.
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C.
The Degrees of Knowledge
The Degrees of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Jacques Maritain that systematically explores different kinds and levels of human knowledge within a Thomistic framework.
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D.
Social Worlds of Knowledge
Social Worlds of Knowledge is a scholarly work by archaeologist Vere Gordon Childe that explores how human societies develop, organize, and transmit knowledge within their cultural and historical contexts.
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E.
Schemata and the cognitive system
"Schemata and the Cognitive System" is an influential work by cognitive psychologist David E. Rumelhart that explores how mental frameworks, or schemata, structure human perception, memory, and understanding.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knowledge in Pieces Target entity description: Knowledge in Pieces is a seminal work in educational psychology that proposes a theory of learners’ intuitive knowledge as composed of many small, context-sensitive elements rather than coherent, unified misconceptions.
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A.
How Two Minds Can Know One Thing
"How Two Minds Can Know One Thing" is a philosophical essay by William James that explores how different conscious minds can share or refer to the same object of knowledge within his framework of radical empiricism.
-
B.
Unified Theories of Cognition
Unified Theories of Cognition is a comprehensive cognitive science framework proposed by Allen Newell that seeks to explain diverse mental processes—such as problem solving, memory, and learning—within a single, unified theoretical architecture.
-
C.
The Degrees of Knowledge
The Degrees of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Jacques Maritain that systematically explores different kinds and levels of human knowledge within a Thomistic framework.
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D.
Social Worlds of Knowledge
Social Worlds of Knowledge is a scholarly work by archaeologist Vere Gordon Childe that explores how human societies develop, organize, and transmit knowledge within their cultural and historical contexts.
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E.
Schemata and the cognitive system
"Schemata and the Cognitive System" is an influential work by cognitive psychologist David E. Rumelhart that explores how mental frameworks, or schemata, structure human perception, memory, and understanding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cognitive theory
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theory in educational psychology ⓘ |
| abbreviatedAs | KiP ⓘ |
| addresses |
conceptual change
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students’ everyday reasoning ⓘ |
| assumes |
knowledge elements can be activated differently across contexts
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learning reorganizes and reconditions small knowledge elements ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | theory of coherent, unified misconceptions ⓘ |
| emphasizes | fine-grained cognitive elements ⓘ |
| focusesOn | learners’ intuitive knowledge ⓘ |
| hasApplicationArea |
physics education
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science education ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
Andrea A. diSessa
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linked to:
Andrea diSessa
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| hasDiscipline |
educational psychology
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learning sciences ⓘ |
| influenced |
design of instructional interventions
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research on conceptual change ⓘ research on student misconceptions ⓘ |
| introducesConcept | phenomenological primitives ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs |
fine-grained theory of intuitive knowledge
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seminal work in educational psychology ⓘ |
| proposesThat |
intuitive knowledge is composed of many small elements
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intuitive knowledge is context-sensitive ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
constructivist theories of learning
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misconceptions research ⓘ |
| usedFor |
analyzing students’ reasoning in science
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designing instruction that builds on intuitive knowledge ⓘ |
| viewsKnowledgeAs |
context-dependent
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fragmented ⓘ locally coherent rather than globally coherent ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Knowledge in Pieces Description of subject: Knowledge in Pieces is a seminal work in educational psychology that proposes a theory of learners’ intuitive knowledge as composed of many small, context-sensitive elements rather than coherent, unified misconceptions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.