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Causal Reasoning, Causal Explanations and Causal Therories
Many research questions and knowledge claims in academia crucially involve the concept of causality: causal relations, causal...
Oct 25, 20241 min read
Re-imagining Assessment and Accreditation in Higher Education in India
The NAAC White Paper, ‘Re-imagining Assessment and Accreditation in Higher Education in India", published by NAAC in 2022, is a game...
Jun 17, 20241 min read
Learning and Education
This document examines the Relation between Learning and Education
Sep 18, 20231 min read
How Do You Know That?
By K P Mohanan and Tara Mohanan This document examines different sources sources of knowledge like sense perception leading to...
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Constructing, Measuring, and Calculating
The goal of this document is to give the readers an understanding of the distinction between mathematical inquiry and scientific inquiry.
Jul 26, 20231 min read
Knowledge, Facts, And Truth: Epistemology, And Education
This article aims to provide learners a broad understanding of the concepts of knowledge, fact, and truth.
Jun 30, 20231 min read
An Approach to Reimagining a National CurriculumFramework for University Education
The purpose of this article is to initiate a nationwide discussion on the very concept of National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
Mar 27, 20231 min read
Alignment of Educational Goals and Pedagogy
For an educational reform that aims to implement the goals of Higher Order Cognition and Educatedness, we need to transform syllabi and more
Mar 12, 20231 min read
Curriculum Framework For Higher Order Cognition
This article focuses on the goals and means of implementation of “Reimagining Assessment and
Accreditation in Higher Education in India"
Jan 12, 20231 min read
How to Read Non-Fiction
Reading lots of books doesn’t necessarily make you wiser. To make the most of 'reading', we have come up with a structured approach.
Oct 27, 20222 min read
The Systematic Destruction of Thinking Capacity
The Systematic Destruction of Thinking Capacity
Oct 20, 20221 min read
Implementing The Proposal For Higher-Order Cognition In University Curricula
This note is an attempt to communicate to Faculty members of Universities what a course
on HOCC might look like and what it would aim at.
Oct 16, 20221 min read
Appearance vs Reality 2
This is a fourth in a series of dialogues on Constructing and Evaluating Knowledge. This continues from the previous dialogue and discusses
Aug 12, 20223 min read
Cells, Humans, Nation and the Planet
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan 1. Analogy Analogy is a pair of wings to fly across apparently dissimilar terrains. The above sentence is...
Aug 10, 20223 min read
Introduction to Representational Systems(Representations and Classification series -1)
K. P. Mohanan, Madhav Kaushish Numbers and numerals used to represent numbers are different things. So are the triangles we draw on paper...
Aug 10, 20221 min read
Lunch on 21st December 2509(Constructing & Evaluating Knowledge series -2)
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan, Aditi Ahuja, Rashmi Jejurikar Rafa: Mom, Sandy’s Mom invited me for breakfast this Sunday. Can I go?...
Aug 10, 20224 min read
Exploring patterns of language structure  (Linguistics series -3)
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan This book is an exploration of the structure of human language. It uses the scientific mode of inquiry, that...
Aug 10, 20221 min read
Linguistics Education and Cognitive Revolution (Linguistics series -2)
Tara Mohanan and K. P. Mohanan You can find a pdf file of the article linked here.
Aug 10, 20221 min read
Education and Cognitive Liberation (Linguistics series -1)
K. P. Mohanan and Tara Mohanan "You are a prisoner, Neo" Morpheus in The Martix Education, even the best possible kind we can dream of,...
Aug 10, 202217 min read
Aptitude Tests, Talent Tests and Achievement Tests
Tara Mohanan This is an article, published in Yojana magazine, titled Aptitude Tests, Talent Tests, and Achievement Tests. Click here to...
Aug 10, 20221 min read
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