"Rational does not mean, here, a kind of thinking that denies emotions and desires: It means, the kind of thinking we would all want to do, if we were aware of our own best interests, in order to achieve our goals. A decision is a choice of action — of what to do or not do. Decisions are made to achi"
"In sum, learning without understanding was characterized either by lack of transfer of the principle to cases where it applied or by inappropriate transfer to cases where it did not apply. Understanding, Perkins states, involves knowing three things: (1) the structure of what we want to understand; "