PROCESSOS COGNITIVOS BÁSICOS E EDUCAÇÃO

This paper addresses the relation between basic cognitive processesand education. It aims at presenting some contributions from basic research to education. It is illustrated how research on memory, attention, problem solving and metacognition may help educators in improving students’ performance. The paper also points out some obstacles in applying the knowledge produced by basic research to learning contexts such as poor communication between researchers and teachers, an education not scientifically grounded, the lack of training programs for teachers, and the generalization power of knowledge to different contexts