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  1. From Servers to Satellites: Understanding Internet Principles among New Computer Science Teachers

    Article • Digital Threats Research and Practice, December 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr. Marek Urban

  2. How Famous Artists Think about Their Creative Thinking

    Article • Thinking Skills and Creativity, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Marek Urban

  3. "I Know My Idea is Original!": Understanding Thinking about Creative Thinking in Kindergarteners

    Article • Thinking Skills and Creativity, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  4. Better Ideas, Less Effort: ChatGPT Is Changing Problem-Solving, But With Caveats

    Article • Computers & Education, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  5. Investigating the relationship between need satisfaction and creative performance: Intrinsically motivated students value creativity.

    Article • Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, February 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Kamila Urban, Dr. Marek Urban

  6. PhD Stress and Success: Student Blog Posts from Three Cultures Reveal the Journey Beyond Research

    Article • Studies in Continuing Education, February 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Marek Urban

  7. Writing Creatively: The Role of Motivation and Metacognition in Solving Real-World Problems

    Article • The Journal of Creative Behavior, January 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  8. Unlocking Creativity: How Understanding Your Own Thinking Boosts Your Creative Powers

    Article • Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, December 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  9. Getting in Sync: What Creative Teams Can Learn from The Beatles' Collaboration

    Article • The Journal of Creative Behavior, November 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  10. Mastering Creativity: Ready to Measure Your Thinking in Innovative Problem Solving?

    Article • Thinking Skills and Creativity, September 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  11. Boosting Kids' Reading Skills: A Simple Teacher Training Approach That Works

    Article • Metacognition and Learning, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  12. Cultural Differences in the Construction of Gender: A Thematic Analysis of Gender Representations in American, Spanish, and Czech Children’s Literature

    Article • Human Affairs, December 2022, De Gruyter

    Dr. Marek Urban

  13. Orientation Toward Intrinsic Motivation Mediates the Relationship Between Metacognition and Creativity

    Article • The Journal of Creative Behavior, July 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  14. Early literacy curriculum and its journey to kindergarten classroom

    Article • Human Affairs, April 2022, De Gruyter

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  15. Thinking Smarter, Not Harder: How Understanding Your Thinking Drives Learning and Creativity

    Article • Thinking Skills and Creativity, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  16. Preschool Picassos to University Underestimators: Are We Really As Creative As We Think?

    Article • The Journal of Creative Behavior, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  17. Anchoring effect of performance feedback on accuracy of metacognitive monitoring in preschool children

    Article • Europe’s Journal of Psychology, February 2021, Leibniz-Institute of Psychology Information (ZPID)

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  18. Development of early literacy skills: A Comparison of two early literacy programmes

    Article • Journal of Pedagogy / Pedagogický casopis, December 2020, De Gruyter

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  19. Artificial, cheap, fake: Free associations as a research method for outdoor billboard advertising and visual pollution

    Article • Human Affairs, April 2020, De Gruyter

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  20. Effects of performance feedback and repeated experience on self-evaluation accuracy in high- and low-performing preschool children

    Article • European Journal of Psychology of Education, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  21. The Holocaust May Be Important, But It’s No Longer Original: Representations of the Holocaust in Slovak Theatre Reviews from 2000 to 2017

    Article • KOME, January 2019, KOME Journal

    Dr. Marek Urban

  22. Influence of Fluid Intelligence on Accuracy of Metacognitive Monitoring in Preschool Children Fades with the Calibration Feedback

    Article • Studia Psychologica, January 2018, Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban