The Unschooled Mind
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The Unschooled Mind is a book by psychologist Howard Gardner that explores why traditional education often fails to transform students’ intuitive, everyday understandings into deep, flexible conceptual knowledge.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Unschooled Mind canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8504013 — 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: The Unschooled Mind Context triple: [Howard Gardner, hasWritten, The Unschooled Mind]
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A.
How We Think
How We Think is a foundational philosophical and educational work by John Dewey that analyzes the nature of reflective thought and its role in effective learning and problem-solving.
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B.
How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works is a popular science book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores human thought and behavior through the lenses of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
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C.
The Origins of Intelligence in Children
The Origins of Intelligence in Children is Jean Piaget’s seminal 1952 book in which he outlines his stage theory of cognitive development and explains how children's thinking evolves from infancy through early childhood.
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D.
Monocultures of the Mind
Monocultures of the Mind is a book by environmental activist Vandana Shiva that critiques industrial agriculture and globalization for eroding biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and cultural diversity.
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E.
Freedom to Learn
Freedom to Learn is an influential book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores student-centered, experiential approaches to education and personal growth.
- 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: The Unschooled Mind Target entity description: The Unschooled Mind is a book by psychologist Howard Gardner that explores why traditional education often fails to transform students’ intuitive, everyday understandings into deep, flexible conceptual knowledge.
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A.
How We Think
How We Think is a foundational philosophical and educational work by John Dewey that analyzes the nature of reflective thought and its role in effective learning and problem-solving.
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B.
How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works is a popular science book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores human thought and behavior through the lenses of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
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C.
The Origins of Intelligence in Children
The Origins of Intelligence in Children is Jean Piaget’s seminal 1952 book in which he outlines his stage theory of cognitive development and explains how children's thinking evolves from infancy through early childhood.
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D.
Monocultures of the Mind
Monocultures of the Mind is a book by environmental activist Vandana Shiva that critiques industrial agriculture and globalization for eroding biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and cultural diversity.
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E.
Freedom to Learn
Freedom to Learn is an influential book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores student-centered, experiential approaches to education and personal growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
bridge everyday understanding and disciplinary knowledge
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explain why schooling often fails to change intuitive beliefs ⓘ |
| author | Howard Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques |
rote learning
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superficial test-based achievement ⓘ |
| discusses |
children’s naive theories in history
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children’s naive theories in mathematics ⓘ children’s naive theories in science ⓘ children’s naive theories in social domains ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
authentic problem solving
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real-world applications of knowledge ⓘ understanding over memorization ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
deep conceptual understanding
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limitations of traditional education ⓘ mismatch between everyday thinking and school learning ⓘ students’ intuitive theories ⓘ transfer of knowledge ⓘ |
| genre |
cognitive science literature
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educational psychology literature ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
curriculum and instruction design
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educational reform debates ⓘ teacher education discourse ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | constructivist view of learning ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
cognitive psychology
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constructivist theories of learning ⓘ developmental psychology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
education researchers
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educators ⓘ policy makers ⓘ students of education ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cognitive development
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curriculum design ⓘ education ⓘ intuitive knowledge ⓘ learning ⓘ misconceptions in learning ⓘ school reform ⓘ |
| proposes |
curricula organized around powerful ideas
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education that builds on learners’ intuitive understandings ⓘ performance-based assessment ⓘ use of multiple representations in teaching ⓘ |
| relatedTo | theory of multiple intelligences ⓘ |
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: The Unschooled Mind Description of subject: The Unschooled Mind is a book by psychologist Howard Gardner that explores why traditional education often fails to transform students’ intuitive, everyday understandings into deep, flexible conceptual knowledge.
Referenced by (1)
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