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59
Citations
41554
World Ranking
1506
National Ranking
719

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1959 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joseph D. Novak is affiliated with the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within social sciences and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their scholarly contributions include a focus on education, physiology, clinical biochemistry, cell biology, and atmospheric science as subfields. Key topics addressed in their work include diet and metabolism studies, metabolism and genetic disorders, muscle metabolism and nutrition, geology and paleoclimatology research, educational environments and student outcomes, education and technology integration, and education and critical thinking development.

Novak has published research across various respected venues including Physiological Research, Goldschmidt Abstracts, and Cambridge University Press eBooks.

  • Modern Perspective of Lactate Metabolism, 2024, Physiological Research
  • Northern Hemisphere Timing of Pliocene/late Miocene Climate Variations, 2020, Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Index, 2022, Cambridge University Press eBooks

Their book publication record includes a book titled Helping People Learn, published in 2022 by Cambridge University Press.

Joseph D. Novak works in collaboration with a range of co-authors such as Jakub Vavricka, P Brož, Daniel Follprecht, Aleš Kroužecký, and Timothy D. Herbert.

In 1959, Novak was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Educational Psychology: A Cognitive View

    David Paul Ausubel;Joseph Donald Novak;Helen Hanesian

  • Learning How to Learn

    Joseph D. Novak;D. Bob Gowin;Jane Butler Kahle

  • Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge: Concept Maps as Facilitative Tools in Schools and Corporations

    Joseph Donald Novak

  • Concept mapping: A useful tool for science education

    Joseph D. Novak

  • A teoria subjacente aos mapas conceituais e como elaborá-los e usá-los

    Joseph D. Novak;Alberto J. Cañas

  • The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How To Construct Them

    Joseph D. Novak

  • A theory of education

    Joseph Donald Novak;Ralph Winfred Tyler

  • Teoría y práctica de la educación

    Joseph D. Novak;José Otero;Cristina del Barrio Martínez;Celina González

  • Concept Maps and Vee Diagrams: Two Metacognitive Tools to Facilitate Meaningful Learning.

    Joseph D. Novak

  • Meaningful learning: The essential factor for conceptual change in limited or inappropriate propositional hierarchies leading to empowerment of learners

    Joseph D. Novak

  • Conocimiento y aprendizaje : los mapas conceptuales como herramientas facilitadoras para escuelas y empresas

    Joseph D. Novak

  • A Twelve-Year Longitudinal Study of Science Concept Learning

    Joseph D. Novak;Dismas Musonda

  • Teaching science for understanding : a human constructivist view

    Joel J. Mintzes;James H. Wandersee;Joseph Donald Novak

  • The Origins of the Concept Mapping Tool and the Continuing Evolution of the Tool

    Joseph D. Novak;Alberto J. Cañas

  • Aprendiendo a aprender

    Joseph D. Novak;D. Bob Gowin

  • The use of concept mapping and knowledge vee mapping with junior high school science students

    Joseph D. Novak;D. Bob Gowin;Gerard T. Johansen

  • Assessing science understanding : a human constructivist view

    Joel J. Mintzes;James H. Wandersee;Joseph Donald Novak

  • An assessment of children's concepts of the earth utilizing structured interviews

    Joseph Nussbaum;Joseph D. Novak

  • Learning Science and the Science of Learning

    Joseph D. Novak

  • Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge

    Joseph D. Novak

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert R. Hoffman
Robert R. Hoffman Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
David P. Ausubel
David P. Ausubel City University of New York
Jeremy B. Jones
Jeremy B. Jones University of Alaska Fairbanks
Anton E. Lawson
Anton E. Lawson Arizona State University

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