Franz Schmalhofer

Constructive Knowledge Acquisition (eBook, PDF)

A Computational Model and Experimental Evaluation

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A cognitive psychology which becomes increasingly specialized requires a special effort in order to avoid a fragmentation into several controversial issues that are independently discussed but also inherently related. Rather than asking additional differentiated questions which are then investigated by more specialized experimental methods and designs, this book promotes unified theories and a levels approach for their experimental evaluation. Within this cognitive science approach and on the basis of the most foundational assumptions of Kintsch's construction integration theory, a computational theory of knowledge acquisition is then developed and subsequently evaluated by psychological experiments.

For forty years, computer simulation techniques and experimental psychology research have greatly matured the understanding of human knowledge and its acquisition in different learning environments. This volume critically assesses the advantages and limitations of these approaches and then develops an integrated research methodology. It goes on to provide significant progress concerning the following questions:
* What are the most promising research methodologies for investigating human cognition?
* How can the experimental psychology research on text comprehension, concept formation, and memory become more closely related to one another when the very specialized research paradigms and the highly specific scientific controversies promote their separation and independent discussion?
* How can a general comprehension-based theory bridge the gap between simple experimental settings and the real-life situations that occur in education and work environments?

This book demonstrates how experimental psychology can proceed more successfully by investigating those aspects that are shared among different areas of research like text comprehension, categorization, and learning by exploration. It also shows how unified theories can assist in applying experimental psychology and cognitive science results to areas such as intelligent tutoring systems, instructional design, and the development of expert systems in complex real world domains.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317729501
• Artikelnr.: 54963511

Autorenporträt

Franz Schmalhofer

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction and Overview. Part I: Cognitive Modeling of
Learning. Computational Models of Knowledge Acquisition. The Levels
Approach Toward Cognitive Modeling. Learning From Text. Integration With
the Acquisition of Knowledge From Cases. Unified Model of Knowledge
Acquisition and Experimental Predictions. Part II: Experimental Evaluation.
The Influence of Different Learning Goals. The Acquisition of Equivalent
Knowledge From Different Types of Study Materials. Material Transformation.
The Effect of Prior Knowledge On the Learning From Different Types of
Materials. An Experimental Comparison of the Integrated Knowledge
Acquisition and the Example Dominance Hypotheses. Part III: Application,
Discussion, and Prospects. Instructional Technology and Expert Systems.
General Discussion, Conclusions, and Future Directions.