Structural Learning (Volume 2): Issues and Approaches

by Joseph M. Scandura (Editor)

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:	9780415789172
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/18/2017
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Psychology of Education , #37
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.