Structural Learning (Volume 2): Issues and Approaches / Edition 1

by Joseph M. Scandura

Overview

Originally published in 1976, this title is an edited volume and reflects the major approaches being taken in structural learning at the time. Chapter 1 deals with the basic question of whether competence (knowledge) should be characterized in terms of rules (automata), on the one hand, or associations on the other. The bulk of Chapter 2 is devoted to a series of earlier experiments on rule learning by the editor and his associates. The two contributions in Chapter 3 deal with graph theoretical models. Piagetian models constitute the subject of Chapter 4. Chapter 5 deals with attempts to stimulate human behaviour with a computer. Chapter 6 ranges over a wide variety of competence models, with particular reference to logic and mathematics. In Chapter 7 the editor proposes a new theory of structural learning, together with some empirical results.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415789233
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/08/2019
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Psychology of Education
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Basic Unit in Structural Learning: Association or Automaton (Rule)? 2. New Directions for Research on Rule Learning 3. Graph Theoretic Models 4. Piagetian Models 5. Simulation Models 6. Competence Models in Mathematics 7. A Theory of Structural Learning. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index.